Practical Strategies and Tools for Getting Started with Health Equity-Focused Implementation Science

About the Presentation: In this webinar presentation, Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, will provide an overview of practical strategies and tools for getting started with health equity-focused implementation research.  Most evidence-based interventions are not widely adopted and sustained in community and health care settings. The gap is even greater in settings and populations that experience social, structural and economic barriers to access, including people from minoritized racial and ethnic groups, people living with disabilities, people who are LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex), and people with limited English proficiency.  In addition, contextual factors like characteristics of the physical and social environment where people live can exacerbate health inequities (e.g., areas of persistent poverty, remote areas, and urban or residential segregation).  Health equity-focused implementation science gives explicit attention to identifying and addressing gaps in the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based interventions.  This webinar is designed to help researchers conducting implementation science integrate health equity as a primary or secondary focus of their work.