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Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Drivers of Obesity Using a Group Model Building Approach: A South African Perspective

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Overweight and obesity increase the risk of a range of poor physiological and psychosocial health outcomes. Previous work with well-defined cohorts has explored the determinants of obesity and employed various methods and measures; however, less is known
Gaironeesa Hendricks, N. Savona, Anaely Aguiar, O. Alaba, Sharmilah Booley, S. Malczyk, E. Nwosu, C. Knai, H. Rutter, K. Klepp, J. Harbron   +10 more
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Planning, implementing, and evaluating an online group‐model‐building workshop during the COVID‐19 pandemic: celebrating successes and learning from shortcomings

System Dynamics Review, 2022
Public health researchers have increasingly turned to system dynamics (SD) modeling to explicate the latent dynamically complex causal mechanisms that shape and perpetuate health disparities (Apostolopoulos et al., 2020; Diez-Roux, 2011; Hammond et al ...
K. Brown, M. Lemke, Saeideh Fallah-Fini, A. Hall, M. Obasanya   +4 more
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Modelling tool to support decision-making in the NHS Health Check programme: workshops, systematic review and co-production with users

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Local authorities in England commission the NHS Health Check programme to invite everyone aged 40–74 years without pre-existing conditions for risk assessment and eventual intervention, if needed.
Martin O’Flaherty, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, Simon Capewell, Angela Boland, Michelle Maden, Brendan Collins, Piotr Bandosz, Lirije Hyseni, Chris Kypridemos   +8 more
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Qualitative modelling of social determinants of health using group model building: the case of debt, poverty, and health

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Social determinants of health (SDoH) are known to have a large impact on health outcomes, but their effects are difficult to make visible. They are part of complex systems of variables largely indirect effects on multiple levels, constituting ...
Laurens Reumers, M. Bekker, H. Hilderink, Maria Jansen, J. Helderman, D. Ruwaard   +5 more
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Participatory research with a rural Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation: lessons learned using the CONSIDER statement

Rural and Remote Health, 2022
Context: In Australia, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) are geographically proximal to where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People reside and are valued for providing holistic and culturally safe primary health care.
Hannah Beks, Tamika Amos, John Bell, Joleen Ryan, Josh Hayward, Andrew Brown, Candice Mckenzie, Barbara Allen, Geraldine Ewing, Kerry Hudson, Robyn Clark, Barry Morphett, Steven Allender, Douglas Creighton, Michael Johnstone, Vincent Versace   +15 more
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Building information modeling application: focus-group discussion [PDF]

Journal of the Croatian Association of Civil Engineers, 2014
Although the potential of building information modelling to achieve sustainability has been widely acknowledged by the scientific community, the level of implementation is nevertheless quite low. Most of the existing research focuses on the study of the barriers and strategies of BIM application through a quantitative approach.
Salleh, Hafez, Phui Fung, Wong
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Identifying Strengths and Obstacles to Climate Change Adaptation in the German Agricultural Sector: A Group Model Building Approach

Sustainability, 2022
In the past 30 years, there has been a significant increase in drought events in Europe. It is expected that climate change will make droughts more frequent and intense.
Rodrigo Valencia Cotera, S. Egerer, M. Máñez Costa   +2 more
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Food Supply and Demand in Australia: Utilising Group Model Building to Identify Retailer and Customer Perspectives

Nutrients, 2021
Prior to the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19, 70% of Australians’ food purchases were from supermarkets. Rural communities experience challenges accessing healthy food, which drives health inequalities. This study explores the impact of COVID-19 on food supply
J. Whelan, A. Brown, Lee D. Coller, C. Strugnell, S. Allender, Laura Alston, J. Hayward, J. Brimblecombe, C. Bell   +8 more
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Towards Understanding the Causal Relationships in Proliferating SD Education—A System Dynamics Group Modelling Approach in China

Systems, 2023
Given the growing importance of system dynamics (SD) in solving increasingly complex and dynamic problems in any country, we believe SD education will become an imperative leverage point in helping us deal with our uncertain future.
Haiyan Yan, Linlin Wang, Jenson Goh, Wuzhi Shen, John Richardson, Xinyue Yan   +5 more
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Cognitive classification of the names of building materials in Russian and English languages [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Representation of cognitive area and revealing terminological characteristics of the Russian and English names of building materials (NBMs) determine the topicality of the research and the article’s problematic.
Khasanova Nurgizya, Akhmetgareyeva Rozaliya, Kuznetsova Ilvira   +2 more
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