title: Integrating Systems Science and Community-Based Participatory Research to Achieve Health Equity.
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.
authors.affiliation: Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frerichs
authors.affiliation: Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Kristen Hassmiller
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lich
authors.affiliation: Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.affiliation: Leah Frerichs is with the Center for Health Equity Research, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Kristen Hassmiller Lich is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gaurav Dave is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Center for Health Equity Research and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corbie-Smith
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D000069576:Health Equity; D006801:Humans; D012923:Social Class; D013597:Systems Analysis; D018511:Systems Integration