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. 2006 Mar;96(3):466-72.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.067660. Epub 2006 Jan 31.

Systemic intervention for public health

Gerald Midgley  1
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Systemic intervention for public health

Gerald Midgley. Am J Public Health. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Many calls have been made for a systems approach to public health. My response is to offer a methodology for systemic intervention that (1) emphasizes the need to explore stakeholder values and boundaries for analysis, (2) challenges marginalization, and (3) draws upon a wide range of methods (from the systems literature and beyond) to create a flexible and responsive systems practice.I present and discuss several well-tested methods with a view to identifying their potential for supporting systemic intervention for public health.

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