Health promotion dissemination and systems thinking: towards an integrative model.
OBJECTIVE
To help close the gap between health promotion research and practice by using systems thinking.


METHODS
We reviewed 3 national US tobacco control initiatives and a project (ISIS) that had introduced systems thinking to tobacco control, speculating on ways in which systems thinking may add value to health promotion dissemination and implementation in general.


RESULTS
The diversity of disciplines involved in tobacco control have created disconnection in the field; systems thinking is necessary to increase the impact of strategies.


CONCLUSIONS
Systems thinking has potential to improve synthesis, translation, and dissemination of research findings in other health promotion initiatives.
Best
Allan
A
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Hospital and Health Centre, Canada. alan.best@ubc.ca
Moor
Gregg
G
Holmes
Bev
B
Clark
Pamela I
PI
Bruce
Ted
T
Leischow
Scott
S
Buchholz
Kaye
K
Krajnak
Judith
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013598:Systems Theory; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States