Participant Compensation in Health Equity Research: How Equitable is It?

• Published in: Families systems & health Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 415 - 417
• Main Authors: Brooks, Byron D., Smith, Zoe R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rochester Educational Publishing Foundation 01-09-2022; American Psychological Association
• Subjects: Economic aspects; Equity; Experimental Subjects; Experimentation; Forecasts and trends; Health; Health care; Health care industry; Human; Intervention; Market trend/market analysis; Medical economics; Medical research; Payments; Policy Making; Quality of care; United States
• ISSN: 1091-7527; 1939-0602
• DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000729

In this article, the authors highlight their experience in navigating outdated, inequitable policies at institutions and in advocating for changes that support health equity research with a focus on participant compensation. As two new assistant professors establishing their programs of health equity research, they call on colleagues to examine their practices of participant compensation while consider an intersectional and systems-level framework. Their goals are to develop culturally responsive interventions that bolster well-being and ameliorate harm caused by continuous exclusion or poor research methods. They highly recommend health equity researchers evaluate their institutions’ research and financial practices to promote equitable payment options that are inclusive of everyone. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)