Box 1. Characteristics of Third Wave Health Research Strategies and Methodologies
Build on active collaboration among researchers and other knowledge producers from different disciplines.
Recognize that certain kinds of evidence, such as results from randomized controlled trials, cannot be generated with respect to many interventions that
address social determinants of health; therefore, a need exists to embrace diverse methodologies—fit for purpose—including a wide range of study designs, generating qualitative and quantitative data, that provide critical insight on the questions being examined.