Systemic intervention for public health.
Many calls have been made for a systems approach to public health. My response is to offer a methodology for systemic intervention that (1) emphasizes the need to explore stakeholder values and boundaries for analysis, (2) challenges marginalization, and (3) draws upon a wide range of methods (from the systems literature and beyond) to create a flexible and responsive systems practice.I present and discuss several well-tested methods with a view to identifying their potential for supporting systemic intervention for public health.
Midgley
Gerald
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Institute of Environmental Science and Research, 27 Creyke Road, PO Box 29-181, Christchurch, New Zealand. gerald.midgley@esr.cri.nz
D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015980:Public Health Practice; D013598:Systems Theory