Table 1.
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Selected Priority Actions for Achieving Health Equity Through the Intersectionality Framework

ResearchersInstitutionsJournalsFundersPractitionersPolicy makers
• Acknowledge that structural factors, racism and power dynamics shape lived experiences; shift focus to address both individual-level behavior change and dismantle structural and racial inequities that impede individual behavior change.✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Integrate critical theoretical frameworks (feminist theory, political economic theory, critical race theory, critical Indigenous theory, and queer theory, among others) and foundational intersectionality scholarship into original research questions✓✓✓
• Embrace collaborative, community-based approaches at every level of the research process (including leadership, data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings)✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Promote cultural and linguistic competence✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Consider collaborations with qualitative/mixed-methods researchers knowledgeable of critical theories and frameworks that shift focus from a positivist/post-positivist to constructivist lens✓✓✓✓
• Incentivize researchers to actively pursue an intersectional framework/paradigm✓✓✓✓
• Increase funding for diverse and emerging scholars, community-based participatory research, and mixed-methods studies✓✓✓
• Modify journal review guidelines to emphasize the necessity of intersectional considerations at every stage of research✓✓
• Use person-first language and avoid overly simplistic descriptions of personhood and groups✓✓✓✓✓
•Acknowledge and specify differences between commercial and traditional tobacco use✓✓✓✓✓✓
ResearchersInstitutionsJournalsFundersPractitionersPolicy makers
• Acknowledge that structural factors, racism and power dynamics shape lived experiences; shift focus to address both individual-level behavior change and dismantle structural and racial inequities that impede individual behavior change.✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Integrate critical theoretical frameworks (feminist theory, political economic theory, critical race theory, critical Indigenous theory, and queer theory, among others) and foundational intersectionality scholarship into original research questions✓✓✓
• Embrace collaborative, community-based approaches at every level of the research process (including leadership, data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings)✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Promote cultural and linguistic competence✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Consider collaborations with qualitative/mixed-methods researchers knowledgeable of critical theories and frameworks that shift focus from a positivist/post-positivist to constructivist lens✓✓✓✓
• Incentivize researchers to actively pursue an intersectional framework/paradigm✓✓✓✓
• Increase funding for diverse and emerging scholars, community-based participatory research, and mixed-methods studies✓✓✓
• Modify journal review guidelines to emphasize the necessity of intersectional considerations at every stage of research✓✓
• Use person-first language and avoid overly simplistic descriptions of personhood and groups✓✓✓✓✓
•Acknowledge and specify differences between commercial and traditional tobacco use✓✓✓✓✓✓
Table 1.
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Selected Priority Actions for Achieving Health Equity Through the Intersectionality Framework

ResearchersInstitutionsJournalsFundersPractitionersPolicy makers
• Acknowledge that structural factors, racism and power dynamics shape lived experiences; shift focus to address both individual-level behavior change and dismantle structural and racial inequities that impede individual behavior change.✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Integrate critical theoretical frameworks (feminist theory, political economic theory, critical race theory, critical Indigenous theory, and queer theory, among others) and foundational intersectionality scholarship into original research questions✓✓✓
• Embrace collaborative, community-based approaches at every level of the research process (including leadership, data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings)✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Promote cultural and linguistic competence✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Consider collaborations with qualitative/mixed-methods researchers knowledgeable of critical theories and frameworks that shift focus from a positivist/post-positivist to constructivist lens✓✓✓✓
• Incentivize researchers to actively pursue an intersectional framework/paradigm✓✓✓✓
• Increase funding for diverse and emerging scholars, community-based participatory research, and mixed-methods studies✓✓✓
• Modify journal review guidelines to emphasize the necessity of intersectional considerations at every stage of research✓✓
• Use person-first language and avoid overly simplistic descriptions of personhood and groups✓✓✓✓✓
•Acknowledge and specify differences between commercial and traditional tobacco use✓✓✓✓✓✓
ResearchersInstitutionsJournalsFundersPractitionersPolicy makers
• Acknowledge that structural factors, racism and power dynamics shape lived experiences; shift focus to address both individual-level behavior change and dismantle structural and racial inequities that impede individual behavior change.✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Integrate critical theoretical frameworks (feminist theory, political economic theory, critical race theory, critical Indigenous theory, and queer theory, among others) and foundational intersectionality scholarship into original research questions✓✓✓
• Embrace collaborative, community-based approaches at every level of the research process (including leadership, data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings)✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Promote cultural and linguistic competence✓✓✓✓✓✓
• Consider collaborations with qualitative/mixed-methods researchers knowledgeable of critical theories and frameworks that shift focus from a positivist/post-positivist to constructivist lens✓✓✓✓
• Incentivize researchers to actively pursue an intersectional framework/paradigm✓✓✓✓
• Increase funding for diverse and emerging scholars, community-based participatory research, and mixed-methods studies✓✓✓
• Modify journal review guidelines to emphasize the necessity of intersectional considerations at every stage of research✓✓
• Use person-first language and avoid overly simplistic descriptions of personhood and groups✓✓✓✓✓
•Acknowledge and specify differences between commercial and traditional tobacco use✓✓✓✓✓✓
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