ArticleHealth & place2019
Using community-based system dynamics modeling to understand the complex systems that influence health in cities: The SALURBAL study.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Application of group model building in implementation research: A systematic review of the public health and healthcare literature.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Advancing equitable and sustainable urban health.Nature medicine · 2025Review
- The involvement of stakeholders in computational model development to support decision-making in public health: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Simulated retail food environments: A literature review of systems science approaches to advance equity in access to healthy diets.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
- Integration of large-scale community-developed causal loop diagrams: a Natural Language Processing approach to merging factors based on semantic similarity.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A systemic approach to identifying sustainable community-based interventions for improving adolescent mental health: a participatory group model building and design protocol.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Collective learning for resilience in Global South cities: a community-based systems mapping approach to integrated climate and health action.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Mapping the Dynamic Complexity of Hypertension Management in São Paulo, Brazil.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Combining community-based system dynamics and design thinking to inform public health intervention: a case study optimizing community-clinical linkage design in Brooklyn, NY.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Participatory Systems Thinking to Elucidate Drivers of Food Access and Diet Disparities among Minoritized Urban Populations.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Urban Environments, Health, and Environmental Sustainability: Findings From the SALURBAL Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Review
- Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America: The SALURBAL Experience.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding the obesity dynamics by socioeconomic status in Colombian and Mexican cities using a system dynamics model.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Land degradation: Addressing the vulnerability of local people through the lens of transformative change.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Community-Based Participatory Research and System Dynamics Modeling for Improving Retention in Hypertension Care.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
We discuss the design, implementation, and results of a collaborative process designed to elucidate the complex systems that drive food behaviors, transport, and health in Latin American cities and to build capacity for systems thinking and community-based system dynamics (CBSD) methods among diverse research team members and stakeholders. During three CBSD workshops, 62 stakeholders from 10 Latin American countries identified 98 variables and a series of feedback loops that shape food behaviors, transportation and health, along with 52 policy levers. Our findings suggest that CBSD can engage local stakeholders, help them view problems through the lens of complex systems and use their insights to prioritize research efforts and identify novel solutions that consider mechanisms of complexity.
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