The Threefold Path to Equity: Approaches for Health and Aging Researchers.

Gerontologist

Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Published: April 2024

The authors present a model for pursuing equity in research on health and aging, in terms of: (a) community-driven research governance, with reference to examples inside and outside of the United States, (b) a focus on policy change, where policy is defined broadly in terms of all legislative and regulatory change, and (c) equity-focused research practices, at the level of measurement, analysis, and study design. The model is visualized as a "threefold path" that researchers may walk, to achieve changes within our field, and changes in how we interface with other fields, and communities.

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