Introduction Applying a complex systems perspective to public health evaluation may
increase the relevance and strength of evidence to improve health and reduce health …

Background Public health evaluation methods have been criticized for being overly
reductionist and failing to generate suitable evidence for public health decision-making. A …

Background Implementation science holds promise for better ensuring that research is
translated into evidence-based policy and practice, but interventions often fail or even …

Executive summary Systems thinking can help you evaluate activities aimed at improving
population health and reducing health inequalities. In Part 1 of this Guidance, we introduced …

Background The Medical Research Council published the second edition of its framework in
2006 on developing and evaluating complex interventions. Since then, there have been …

Complex systems approaches to social intervention research are increasingly advocated.
However, there have been few attempts to consider how models of intervention science …

Background Systems approaches are currently being advocated and implemented to
address complex challenges in Public Health. These approaches work by bringing multi …

Rationale Health promotion is where clinical practice and prevention science intersect to
address complex or 'wicked'problems that have multiple sources and require a broad …

Objectives This paper reports on findings from a systematic review designed to investigate
the state of systems science research in public health. The objectives were to:(1) explore …

Background: There is increasing interest in using systems thinking to tackle 'wicked'policy
problems in preventive health, but this can be challenging for policy-makers because the …