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Construction of the Ohio Children's Opportunity Index

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo describe the development of an area-level measure of children's opportunity, the Ohio Children's Opportunity Index (OCOI).Data Sources/Study SettingSecondary data were collected from US census based-American Community Survey (ACS), US ...
Naleef Fareed, Naleef Fareed, Priti Singh, Pallavi Jonnalagadda, Christine Swoboda, Christine Swoboda, Colin Odden, Nathan Doogan   +7 more
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Perspectives of patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Cancer Reports, 2023
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in a lapse in routine health care and cancer screenings for many individuals. This study sought to improve our understanding of the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on women being treated for breast cancer, both ...
Alice A. Gaughan, Sarah R. MacEwan, Laura J. Rush, Margaret E. Gatti‐Mays, Ashley C. Pariser, Ann Scheck McAlearney   +5 more
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Designing and Developing a Reflexive Learning System for Managing Systemic Change

Systems, 2014
We offer a reflection on our own praxis as designers and developers of a learning system for mature-age students through the Open University (OU) UK’s internationally recognised supported-open learning approach. The learning system (or course or module),
Ray Ison, Chris Blackmore
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Developing and testing an integrated patient mHealth and provider dashboard application system for type 2 diabetes management among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant individuals based on a user-centered approach: Mixed-methods study

Digital Health, 2023
Background A tailored and integrated technology solution (patient mHealth application and provider dashboard) can provide a 360° view of Medicaid-enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) during pregnancy that could improve health outcomes and address
Naleef Fareed, Christine Swoboda, Priti Singh, Emma Boettcher, Yiting Wang, Kartik Venkatesh, Robert Strouse   +6 more
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Toward adaptive water governance: the role of systemic feedbacks for learning and adaptation in the eastern transboundary rivers of South Africa

Ecology and Society, 2023
This paper contributes to scholarship on adaptive water governance (AWG), following policy reforms in South Africa, through a focus on systemic feedbacks for learning and adaptation as critical aspects of AWG.
Sharon Rae. Pollard, Edward Riddell, Derick R. du Toit, Daniel C. Retief, Ray L. Ison   +4 more
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Relational Systems Thinking

Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 2022
This paper extends the analysis begun in Goodchild (2021), with suggestions for engaging with the spirit of relational systems thinking as a dynamic interface theoretical model.
Melanie Goodchild
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Understanding breastfeeding behaviours: a cross-sectional analysis of associated factors in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background Breastfeeding is a complex behaviour relying on a combination of individual mother and infant characteristics, health systems, and family, community and professional support.
Danielle Gallegos, Joy Parkinson, Sinead Duane, Christine Domegan, Elena Jansen, Rebekah Russell-Bennett   +5 more
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Relational Systems Thinking

Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 2021
We explore the notion of the need to decolonize systems thinking and awareness.  Taking a specifically Indigenous approach to both knowledge creation and knowledge sharing, we look at awareness-based systems change via a Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) two-row ...
Melanie Goodchild
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Identifying beliefs driving COVID-19 vaccination: Lessons for effective messaging

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Increasing vaccination acceptance has been essential during the COVID-19 pandemic and in preparation for future public health emergencies. This study aimed to identify messaging strategies to encourage vaccine uptake by measuring the drivers of COVID-19 ...
Sarah R. MacEwan, Eben Kenah, Graham N. Dixon, Jack Stevens, Leanna Perez Eiterman, Jonathan R. Powell, Christopher B. Gage, Laura J. Rush, Ashish R. Panchal, Ann Scheck McAlearney   +9 more
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Patient-informed outpatient intervention to improve pregnancy outcomes through connections to social services: protocol for the BETTER randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open
Introduction A substantial portion of the 3.6 million births per year in the USA (approximately 25%–30%) occur in the context of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), including preterm birth (PTB), hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and small-for ...
William A Grobman, Laura J Rush, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Anna Bartholomew, Timothy R Huerta, Sarah R MacEwan, Nicole R Thomas, Lindsey N Sova, Leah Roth, Kaprea F Johnson   +9 more
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