Systems Thinking and Simulation Modeling to Inform Childhood Obesity Policy and Practice.

CONCLUSIONS: Systems thinking, especially with simulation models, facilitates understanding of complex health policy problems. Using a simulation model to educate legislators, educators, and health experts about the policies that have the greatest short- and long-term impact should encourage strategic investment in low-cost, high-return policies. PMID: 29136493 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29136493?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Reports - November 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research