Background Despite the promise of implementation science (IS) to reduce health inequities,
critical gaps and opportunities remain in the field to promote health equity. Prioritizing racial …

Background The serotype-specific effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide
vaccine (PPV23) against pneumococcal pneumonia has not been established in people …

La obesidad infantil en Latinoamérica y en las poblaciones latinas de Estados Unidos es un
problema de salud pública complejo y persistente y, como tal, requiere soluciones basadas …

There is increasing attention on evidencing research impact and applying a systems
thinking perspective in public health. However, there is limited understanding of the extent to …

Childhood obesity in US Latinx and Latin American populations is a persistent, complex
public health issue and, as such, requires solutions grounded on systems science theory …

In public health, a major gap exists between the evidencebased interventions (EBIs),
practices, and policies shown to promote health and prevent disease (“what we know …

Background Place-based approaches are increasingly applied to address the determinants
of health, many of which are complex problems, to ultimately improve population health …

Ten years have passed since the release of the final report of the World Health Organization
(WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), 1 a landmark document that …

Background While there has been widespread global acceptance of the importance of
evidence-informed policy, many opportunities to inform health policy with research are …

The efficacy of PPV-23 vaccine on outcomes of pneumococcal disease in adults still remains
controversial due mainly to the lack of consistency between the results obtained from …