Box 2.

Practical Applications of the Health Equity Research Impact Assessment for Researchers, Reviewers, Research Institutions, and Funding Organizations

Stakeholder	Practical applications
Researchers	• Inform research planning processes, including revision of research objectives, study questions, and design to promote equity • Identify needs and opportunities for interdisciplinary research collaborations to decrease the science-to-practice gap for under-resourced communities • Identify opportunities for community partnerships to inform all research processes, increase generalizability, and ensure dissemination of findings to under-resourced communities • Invite continual assessment at every study phase to enhance health equity impact
Peer reviewers	• Prospectively assess studies’ potential impact on health equity • Inform feedback for researchers, inviting opportunities to revise studies to enhance their health equity impact
Institutions and funding agencies	• Retrospectively or prospectively assess the health equity impact of studies within an institution’s or agency’s research portfolio • Inform strategic planning processes to prioritize trainings, funding opportunities, team science, and community partnerships to enhance health equity impact • Prioritize health equity goals in all research funding opportunities (requests for applications), drawing on this tool’s domains:  - Institute health equity research review processes for all studies  - Require researchers to describe the health equity impact of proposed projects  - Integrate health equity goals into the objectives of research funding opportunities  - Prioritize studies that incorporate methodologies and partnerships to enhance their health equity impact  - Emphasize research dissemination outside of traditional academic venues, especially to local, under-resourced communities