As researchers increasingly recognize that causes for health issues are structural and interrelated, real-world, innovative case studies demonstrate the value of applying systems science to evaluate health interventions and address health inequities as seen in a special supplement, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in the October/December issue of Family & Community Health.
, suggest areas of improvement, and then review included articles' various techniques to intervene in and evaluate complex health problems," according to Whitney R. Garney, Ph.D., MPH, and Sara Flores, Department of Health Behavior, Texas A&M School of Public Health; Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MA, and Hallie R.
This supplement aims to fill this gap and presents a diverse selection of case studies using a variety of strategic models. For example, in"Longitudinal policy and systems change as a component of community power", Providence Health System's Claire Devine, JD, MPH; et al. discuss a 10-year longitudinal study on how local communities can build power and influence to effect positive, systemic changes that address health inequities.
The study used a unique coding mechanism to capture approximately 1,500 policy and system changes as part of California's 2010-2020 Building Healthy Communities initiative to illustrate that state, local, and community changes are interdependent. The article focuses on the state's Local Control Funding Formula , which targeted schools.
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