Success of community-based system dynamics in prevention interventions: A systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: Systems thinking approaches are increasingly being used to help communities understand and develop responses to preventing complex health problems. Less is known about how success is characterized and what influences success in these approaches. We present a systematic review of how concepts of success are understood and evaluated in the peer reviewed literature of studies using systems thinking in community prevention. We searched five databases for peer-reviewed literature published between 2000 and 2022, with search terms related to systems thinking, prevention and community. Studies were included if they; reported using community-based systems thinking to prevent a public health problem; described the engagement and empowerment of community members to address a public health issue; and

SUBMITTER: Felmingham T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080052 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature