An invitation for optimal inclusivity: Investing in communities to advance equity in biomedical research and cancer care

Abstract

Strategic efforts to optimize diversity and inclusivity in biomedical research and clinical trials are essential to ensure the greatest benefit for demographically diverse populations and communities. In this editorial, the authors call for researchers to have a proactive “inclusivity mindset” when planning and conducting research to achieve health equity.

Bringing a Spotlight to the Influences of Social Determinants of Health

“…By proactively attending to multi-level contexts, diversity/ inclusion and equity at all levels, cancer education research, interventions, policy, and practice efforts will assuredly contribute to addressing social determinants. The list of SDH is formidable [14], yet it brings substantial opportunities for the field of cancer education to address these complex and intractable factors in a manner that is actionable, practical, and effective to advance health equity for all [15][16][17].…”