Multilevel interventions to address health disparities show promise in improving population health

E Paskett, B Thompson, AS Ammerman, AN Ortega… - Health …, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
Multilevel interventions are those that affect at least two levels of influence—for example, the
patient and the health care provider. They can be experimental designs or natural …

Multilevel interventions and racial/ethnic health disparities

SS Gorin, H Badr, P Krebs, IP Das - Journal of the National …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
To examine the impact of multilevel interventions (with three or more levels of influence)
designed to reduce health disparities, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Designing and assessing multilevel interventions to improve minority health and reduce health disparities

T Agurs-Collins, S Persky… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Multilevel interventions can be uniquely effective at addressing minority health and health
disparities, but they pose substantial methodological, data analytic, and assessment …

Structural interventions to reduce and eliminate health disparities

AF Brown, GX Ma, J Miranda, E Eng… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Health disparities research in the United States over the past 2 decades has yielded
considerable progress and contributed to a developing evidence base for interventions that …

The ecology of multilevel interventions to reduce social inequalities in health

EJ Trickett, S Beehler - American Behavioral Scientist, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Health inequities persist and, in some cases, are increasing. Multilevel interventions involve
efforts to change aspects of social contexts related to the creation and maintenance of health …

Moving upstream: how interventions that address the social determinants of health can improve health and reduce disparities

DR Williams, MV Costa, AO Odunlami… - Journal of public …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
There is considerable scientific and policy interest in reducing socioeconomic and
racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare and health status. Currently, much of the policy focus …

Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset

AD Kerkhoff, E Farrand, C Marquez… - Implementation …, 2022 - Springer
There is increasing attention being given to opportunities and approaches to advance health
equity using implementation science. To reduce disparities in health, it is crucial that an …

Calling for a bold new vision of health disparities intervention research

LA Cooper, AN Ortega… - … journal of public …, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Addressing disparities at the individual and community levels requires interventions that
improve health behavior choices and opportunities. The frameworks, models, and lessons …

Building the evidence base to inform planned intervention adaptations by practitioners serving health disparity populations

J Alvidrez, AM Nápoles, G Bernal… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been developed to prevent or treat major
health conditions. However, many EBIs have exhibited limited adoption, reach, and …

Translating the socio-ecological perspective into multilevel interventions: Gaps between theory and practice

VLN Schölmerich, I Kawachi - Health Education & Behavior, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Multilevel interventions are inspired by socio-ecological models, and seek to create change
on various levels—for example by increasing the health literacy of individuals as well as …