Implementation Science and its Intimate Connection to Health Equity: Delivering on the Promise of "Health for All"

Hendricks Brown, Ph.D.
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Date: 8/9/2019

ABSTRACT:
Implementation Science has a unique opportunity to ameliorate health disparities and improve the health for all. But current research studies are not addressing the scientific inequities in building knowledge to address disparities among minorities and other populations experiencing historical or new disparities. We discuss three ways to advance such research using existing data, simulation modeling, and borrowing strength from existing related research studies, what we call scaling out. We also present a tool that aids in the design of rollout trials, including adaptations of stepped wedge designs, and show how this can focus a research design on addressing health disparities in implementation and hybrid designs.