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Integrating Systems Science and Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Health Equity

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Unanswered questions about racial and socioeconomic health disparities may be addressed using community-based participatory research and systems science. Community-based participatory research is an orientation to research that prioritizes developing capacity, improving trust, and translating knowledge to action. Systems science provides research methods to study dynamic and interrelated forces that shape health disparities. Community-based participatory research and systems science are complementary, but their integration requires more research. We discuss paradigmatic, socioecological, capacity-building, colearning, and translational synergies that help advance progress toward health equity.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302944

Authors: Leah Frerichs, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Gaurav Dave, Giselle Corbie-Smith

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Community Health and Development

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences