Complex Systems Thinking and Current Impasses in Health Disparities Research
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Complex systems thinking and current impasses in health disparities research.
Complex systems approaches have received increasing attention in public health because reductionist approaches yield limited insights in the context of dynamic systems. Most discussions have been highly abstract. There is a need to consider the application of complex systems approaches to specific research questions. I review the features of population health problems for which complex systems ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300149