Systems thinking in practice when implementing a national policy program for the improvement of women's healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interest in applying systems thinking (ST) in public health and healthcare improvement has increased in the past decade, but its practical use is still unclear. ST has been found useful in addressing the complexity and dynamics of organizations and welfare systems during periods of change. Exploring how ST is used in practice in national policy programs addressing complex and ill-structured problems can increase the knowledge of the use and eventually the usefulness of ST during complex changes. In ST, a multi-level approach is suggested to coordinate interventions over individual, organizational, and community levels, but most attempts to operationalize ST focus on the individual level. This study aimed to investigate how ST is expressed in policy programs addressing

SUBMITTER: Nystrom ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570416 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature