Toward a New Strategic Public Health Science for Policy, Practice, Impact, and Health Equity

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ID11036848
AuthorsRebecca Bunnell (0000-0002-4146-4982, Rebecca Bunnell and Juliet Ryan are with the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Charlotte Kent is with Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC. Note. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC or the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.), Juliet Ryan (Rebecca Bunnell and Juliet Ryan are with the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Charlotte Kent is with Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC. Note. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC or the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.), Charlotte Kent (0000-0002-1070-5472, Rebecca Bunnell and Juliet Ryan are with the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Charlotte Kent is with Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC. Note. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC or the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.), the CDC Office of Science and CDC Excellence in Science Committee
Year2021
Volume111
Issue8
Pages1489-1496
Publication date2021-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306355
PMID34197180
OpenAlexW3173372229
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited37

The COVID-19 pandemic and its social and health impact have underscored the need for a new strategic science agenda for public health. To optimize public health impact, high-quality strategic science addresses scientific gaps that inform policy and guide practice. At least 6 scientific gaps emerge from the US experience with COVID-19: health equity science, data science and modernization, communication science, policy analysis and translation, scientific collaboration, and climate science. Addressing these areas within a strategic public health science agenda will accelerate achievement of public health goals. Public health leadership and scientists have an unprecedented opportunity to use strategic science to guide a new era of improved and equitable public health

Equity (law) · Health equity · Health promotion · International health · Modernization theory · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Science communication · Science education · Social science · Sociology · Translational science · Health and Medical Research Impacts · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Health Policy

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