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Systems science and systems thinking for public health

A systematic review of the field

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ID23314123
AuthorsGemma Carey (Regulatory Institutions Network Australian National University, Canberra, Australia), Eleanor Malbon (0000-0002-6840-498X, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, Sax Institute, Sydney, Australia), Nicole Carey (0000-0003-1952-5133, Self-organizing Systems Research Group School of engineering and applied sciences Harvard University), Andrew Joyce (0000-0003-0430-2324, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), Brad Crammond (Monash University), Alan Carey (Maths Science Institute Australian National University)
Year2015
Volume5
Issue12
Pagese009002
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2044-6055 • E-ISSN: 2044-6055
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009002
LanguageEN
Citations received86
References cited85
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  • A systems science leverage point analysis of climate change advocacy

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  • The ‘Practice Entrepreneur’ – An Australian case study of a systems thinking inspired health promotion initiative

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  • Continuing the vision

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  • Using systems archetypes to understand system behaviour and identify leverage points for change in local obesity prevention in The Netherlands

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  • Identifying mechanisms that shape the food environment in long-term healthcare facilities in the Netherlands

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  • Effect Evaluation of a School‐Based Intervention Promoting Sleep in Adolescents

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  • A systems thinking approach for examining the turning points in the Finnish public sport policy

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  • Investment Decisions on Physical Activity Promotion

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  • Association between the environment for physical activity in public schools and childhood obesity

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  • Systems approaches to public service delivery

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    Open Access•Andreas Höhn, John Stokes et al.•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2023

  • Commonly cited approaches to reducing health inequalities

    Open Access•Mhairi Campbell, Bryony Dawkins et al.•Journal of Epidemiology and…•2026

  • Systems approaches to population health in Canada

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  • A few “big players”

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  • Making Systems Thinking Accessible for Qualitative Researchers

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  • From causal loop diagrams to future scenarios

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  • Converging perspectives on the processes exacerbating adolescent obesity

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  • Risky outdoor play in the early years

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  • Beyond Evidence-Based Policy in Public Health

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  • Reflections on the foundations of system dynamics

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  • Evidence based medicine

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  • Sustainability science

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  • Evidence-Based Policymaking

    Trisha Greenhalgh, Jill Russell et al.•Perspectives in biology and…•2009

  • Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research

    Open Access•ELAINE BARNETT-PAGE, James Thomas•BMC Medical Research Methodology•2009

  • Complex interventions

    Open Access•Penelope Hawe, Alan Shiell et al.•BMJ•2004

  • Systems Thinking to Improve the Public's Health

    Open Access•Scott J Leischow, Allan Best et al.•American Journal of Preventive…•2008

  • Shaping cities for health

    Open Access•Yvonne Rydin, Ana Bleahu et al.•The Lancet•2012

  • A typology of reviews

    Open Access•Maria J Grant, Andrew Booth•Health Information & Libraries…•2009

  • Social determinants in an Australian urban region

    Open Access•Matthew Fisher, Danijela Milos et al.•Health Promotion International•2014

  • Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches to optimal hypertension control in West Africa

    Open Access•Juliet Iwelunmor, Collins O Airhihenbuwa et al.•Globalization and Health•2014

  • Use of complex systems modelling to strengthen public health’s role in preventing war

    William H Wiist•Medicine Conflict & Survival•2014

  • A move to more systematic and transparent approaches in qualitative evidence synthesis

    Open Access•Karin Hannes, Kirsten Macaitis•Qualitative Research•2012

  • Human Health and Climate Change

    Open Access•Katrina Proust, Barry Newell et al.•International Journal of…•2012

  • Reducing health inequities

    Open Access•Bernie Pauly, Marjorie MacDonald et al.•BMC Public Health•2013

  • Exploring the effects of task shifting for HIV through a systems thinking lens

    Open Access•Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Seni Kouanda et al.•BMC Public Health•2013

  • Social epidemiology and complex system dynamic modelling as applied to health behaviour and drug use research

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  • Systems thinking, knowledge and action

    Allan Best, Bev Holmes•Evidence & Policy•2010

  • Capturing complexity

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  • Lost in translation? Theory, policy and practice in systems-based environmental approaches to obesity prevention in the Healthy Towns programme in England

    Open Access•Elena Sautkina, Елена Сауткина et al.•Health & Place•2014

  • Systems thinking for strengthening health systems in LMICs

    Open Access•Thomas Adam, Don De Savigny•Health Policy and Planning•2012

  • Theorising Interventions as Events in Systems

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  • Application of a System Dynamics Model to Inform Investment in Smoking Cessation Services in New Zealand

    Martin Tobias, Martin I Tobias et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2010

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    Yaneer Bar-Yam•American Journal of Public Health•2006

  • Practical Challenges of Systems Thinking and Modeling in Public Health

    William M K Trochim, William M Trochim et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2006

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    Regina M Bures, Patricia L Mabry et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2014

  • Systems Science and Obesity Policy

    Lee M Johnston, Carrie L Matteson et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2014

  • A System Dynamics Model for Planning Cardiovascular Disease Interventions

    Gary Hirsch, James Homer et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2010

  • Systemic Intervention for Public Health

    Gerald Midgley•American Journal of Public Health•2006

  • Advancing the Science of Community-Level Interventions

    Edison J Trickett, Sarah Beehler et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2011

  • The Tobacco Use Management System

    Ron Borland, David Young et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2010

  • Modeling US Adult Obesity Trends

    Saeideh Fallah-Fini, Saeideh Fallah‐Fini et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2014

  • A Novel System Dynamics Model of Female Obesity and Fertility

    Nasim S Sabounchi, Peter S Hovmand et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2014

  • Content Analysis

    Marilyn Domas White, Emily Marsh•Library trends•2006

  • Modelling the social determinants of health and simulating short-term and long-term intervention impacts for the city of Toronto, Canada

    Open Access•Aziza Mahamoud, Brenda Roche et al.•Social Science & Medicine•2013

Unique citing works86
Citations per year9,56
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
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