Operationalising and measuring equity in implementation science for global health
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Equity in research—that is, ensuring fair participation, power-sharing, and benefit across the research process—has become a central ambition in global health as part of wider efforts to reach health equity.1 Since 2015, implementation science has attempted to place equity at the core of health programmes to benefit both patients and health systems. Yet, in practice, equity remains an afterthought and is often considered after interventions have been designed or evaluated.2 As a result, local expertise might be marginalised, opportunities for adaptation are lost, and interventions that cannot accommodate real-world complexity risk failure at the point of delivery.
Source: The Lancet Global Health
Authors: Sivesh K Kamarajah, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Dhruv Ghosh, Lisa R Hirschorn, Ismail Lawani, Rachel Shelton, Aneel Bhangu
Institutions: University of Birmingham, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University for Development Studies, Christian Medical College, Northwestern University, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, National Institute for Health and Care Research
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $6,680
OpenAlex ID: W4416204723