The threefold path to equity: Approaches for HEALTH AND AGING researchers.

The authors present a model for pursuing equity in research on health and aging, in terms of: a) community-driven research governance, with reference to examples inside and outside of the United States, b) a focus on policy change, where policy is defined broadly in terms of all legislative and regulatory change, and c) equity-focused research practices, at the level of measurement, analysis, and study design. The model is visualized as a 'threefold path' that researchers may walk, to achieve changes within our field, and changes in how we interface with other fields, and communities.