title: A Strategic Framework for Utilizing Late-Stage (T4) Translation Research to Address Health Inequities.
abstract: Achieving health equity requires that every person has the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances. Inequity experienced by populations of lower socioeconomic status is reflected in differences in health status and mortality rates, as well as in the distribution of disease, disability and illness across these population groups. This article gives an overview of the health inequities literature associated with heart, lung, blood and sleep (HLBS) disorders. We present an ecological framework that provides a theoretical foundation to study late-stage T4 translation research that studies implementation strategies for proven effective interventions to address health inequities.
authors.affiliation: Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez-Class
authors.affiliation: Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peprah
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Xinzhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.affiliation: Center for Translation Research and Implementation, National Institutes of Health.
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Engelgau
mesh_terms: D000069576:Health Equity; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D000073296:Noncommunicable Diseases; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: Framework; Health Inequities; Translation Research