title: Minimal, negligible and negligent interventions.
abstract: Many interventions are not disruptive enough of the patterns that entrench poor health and health inequities. Ways forward may require a break with tradition to embrace system-focussed theory, complex logic modelling, and ways of funding and responding to problems that address the competition of ideas and needs.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre, Australia. Electronic address: penny.hawe@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hawe
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials
keywords: Complex interventions