Systems thinking approaches are increasingly being used to help communities understand
and develop responses to preventing complex health problems. Less is known about how …

It has increasingly been recognized that developing successful obesity prevention policies
and interventions requires understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the obesity …

In pandemic preparedness and response, a Functional Exercise (FX) is used to simulate a
situation as close to a real‐life event as possible without the deployment of resources …

Background Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, and people of any other minority
sexuality or gender identity (LGBTQ+ or “Queer”) are often marginalised from accessing …

Abstract Background Group Model Building (GMB) is a participatory system dynamics
method increasingly used to address complex public health issues like obesity. GMB …

Abstract System dynamics, and specifically qualitative participatory applications of system
dynamics, have potential to benefit public health research, scholarship, and practice. A …

Abstract Background Though the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that
individuals drink water instead of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), this behavior is …

Reducing salt intake is a vital public health measure for combating noncommunicable
diseases and mitigating rising social security expenditures in Japan. We developed a …

Elimination of restrictive practices (physical/mechanical restraint and seclusion) from adult
acute mental health care services has been demanded internationally for many decades …

The shift from systems based on the need for economic growth to eco-friendly economic
systems has resulted in the introduction of new ideas such as sustainable development …