Citation

Naumann RB, Kuhlberg J, Sandt L, Heiny S, Apostolopoulos Y, Marshall SW, Lich KH. Inj. Prev. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Health Policy and Management Dept, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043315

PMID

31551366

Abstract

Many of our most persistent public health problems are complex problems. They arise from a web of factors that interact and change over time and may exhibit resistance to intervention efforts. The domain of systems science provides several tools to help injury prevention researchers and practitioners examine deep, complex and persistent problems and identify opportunities to intervene. Using the increase in pedestrian death rates as an example, we provide (1) an accessible overview of how complex systems science approaches can augment established injury prevention frameworks and (2) a straightforward example of how specific systems science tools can deepen understanding, with a goal of ultimately informing action.

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Language: en

Keywords

complexity; injury prevention; pedestrians; road safety; systems science