Narrowing the health equity gap. How can implementation science proactively facilitate the cultural adaptation of public health innovations?
Fehlberg, Z.; Klaic, M.; Croy, S.; Best, S. · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz · 2025 · Heft 5 · S. 1 bis 9
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Innovation is critical for advancing medical and health research with the aim of solving a problem and driving health gains. Innovation is a process and, in the context of health care, can be found in multiple formats, ranging from digital health interventions to drug development and new service design [1]. While the ambitions of innovation in health care are usually aimed at improving care, the inverse-care law highlights an unintended consequence of the innovation process: Health benefits from innovation are rarely distributed equitably across population groups [2]. Simply, innovation can reinforce pockets of…
