Networked resilience in rural Australia — a role for health promotion in regional responses to climate change

The application of systems thinking concepts, methods, and tools to global health practices: An analysis of case studies

“…The cases analysed represented a broad spectrum of ST cases ranging from community hospital planning to the tobacco use management system to school health program reform. Collectively, the cases reviewed revealed multiple instances in which teams used ST methods or tools to analyse and approach complex health issues at the individual, organizational, community, or policy level . Most cases were conducted in the United States with the majority being retrospective in nature and using methods like SNA and tools such as innovation/change management history and process mapping.…”

“…Social network analysis was used most often (n = 4). Leischow et al and van Beurden et al used SNA to identify vital network links and delineate the connections among agents to identify communication gaps and any silos of information. van Beurden et al tracked the development of collaboration between groups addressing climate change in Australia using SNA that provided a visual of connections, a common sense of purpose, a way to recruit potential partners, and an opportunity to connect organizations in new ways.…”

“…Leischow et al and van Beurden et al used SNA to identify vital network links and delineate the connections among agents to identify communication gaps and any silos of information. van Beurden et al tracked the development of collaboration between groups addressing climate change in Australia using SNA that provided a visual of connections, a common sense of purpose, a way to recruit potential partners, and an opportunity to connect organizations in new ways. The use of SNA not only allowed for more rapid collaboration between organizations and a more centralized network for organizations that would not usually work together, but tracking the network over time showed the catalytic effect of collaboration to address a problem previously considered too complex to address.…”

“…There were no illustrative examples of the use of scenario planning. While van Beurden et al used the term “scenario planning,” it was only mentioned as a method and not put into practice. While neither Agyepong et al or Xiao et al used the term “scenario planning” both suggested that mapping out key actors, their objectives, and their potential responses to a policy has the potential to predict and prevent unintended consequences.…”

“…The spontaneous creation of order and functionality from the bottom up. 26 9,14,17,18,20,25,[28][29][30][31][32]35,36,38,40,41,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] Dynamic/dynamical systems 56 Systems adjust and readjust at many interactive time scales. 21 9,10,18,22,25,28,29,35,36,40,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]57 Nonlinear/ Nonlinearity 56 Relationships within a system cannot be arranged along a simple input output line.…”