Activity Description

Lead clinical trials, research alliances, or community-based participatory research (CBPR) that identify tools, research, or processes that focus on minimizing disparities in healthcare access, care quality, affordability, or outcomes. Research could include addressing health-related social needs like food insecurity, housing insecurity, transportation barriers, utility needs, and interpersonal safety.

Objective & Validation Documentation

Objective: Encourage clinicians to minimize disparities in healthcare access, care quality, affordability, or outcomes by contributing to new and improved tools, research, or processes, which may include addressing health-related social needs.

Validation Documentation: Evidence of leadership in clinical trials, research alliances, or community-based participatory research (CPBR), focused on minimizing disparities in healthcare access, care quality, affordability, or outcomes. Include the following element:
1) Evidence of research leadership about disparities – Documentation of participation and leadership by eligible clinicians in clinical trials, research alliances, or CBPR focused on addressing disparities to improve healthcare access, care quality, affordability, or outcomes. This research may include developing evidence about the influence of health-related social needs on disparities in health outcomes, and effective strategies for addressing HRSN.

Example(s)/Information:
• Examples of evidence of participation in research on disparities:
o Documentation that describes the intended or actual aims and/or intended outcomes of research
o Tools developed as part of research activity that identify or help address disparities
o Summary of findings, research results
• Background on identifying and addressing health-related social needs at primary care settings: https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/social-needs-tool.pdf