Generating change through collective impact and systems science for childhood obesity prevention: The GenR8 Change case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based interventions have shown promise in reducing childhood overweight and obesity. However, they have been critiqued for using linear logic models. Participatory community-based systems approaches are posited as addressing the complexity of non-linear relationships in a local context. Community members are empowered to understand and describe obesity causation, identify and prioritise possible solutions. The application of such approaches to childhood obesity is in its infancy.

Aim

To describe the first 12 months of a participatory whole-of-community systems approach to creating collective action to tackle childhood obesity, called GenR8 Change, in a local government area of Victoria, Australia.

Methods

Three group model building (GMB) sessions

SUBMITTER: Bolton KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094504 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature