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Sociohydrologic Systems Thinking: An Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Operationalization and Modeling of Coupled Human-Water Systems [PDF]

, 2020
One of the keys to science and environmental literacy is systems thinking. Learning how to think about the interactions between systems, the far-reaching effects of a system, and the dynamic nature of systems are all critical outcomes of science learning.
Forbes, Cory T., Lally, Diane
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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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Identifying a Systems Thinker: Matching a Candidate’s Systems Thinking Abilities with the Job

Applied System Innovation, 2022
Systems thinking is an evolving field, and there is growing demand to integrate systems thinking into many fields. The goal of the present study was to develop a new tool for identifying systems thinkers. The study was conducted in two stages. The first,
Anat Nissel Miller, Sigal Kordova, Tal Grinshpoun, Shraga Shoval   +3 more
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Collaborative Systems Thinking Research: Exploring Systems Thinking within Teams [PDF]

, 2008
This paper describes ongoing research that seeks to develop an empirical basis for collaborative systems thinking, defined as “an emergent behavior of teams resulting from the interactions of team members and utilizing a variety of thinking styles ...
Beder, Bernold, Checkland, Clup, Cooke, Davidz, Davidz, Dong, Dorner, Dym, Entin, Frank, Gharajedaghi, Gigerense, Glaser, Hackman, Jansma, Lamb, Lamb, Lerch, Lynn, Mohammed, Pajerek, Richmond, Saunders, Schein, Senge, Stephens, Sterman, Strauss, Sweeney, Thompson, Utter, Volger, Waszakm, Wesenberg, Yin   +36 more
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Understanding the Structural Complexity of Induced Travel Demand in Decision-Making: A System Dynamics Approach

Organizacija, 2016
Background and purpose: Induced travel demand (ITD) is a phenomenon where road construction increases vehicles’ kilometers traveled. It has been approached with econometric models that use elasticities as measure to estimate how much travel demand can be
Angarita-Zapata Juan S., Parra-Valencia Jorge A., Andrade-Sosa Hugo H.   +2 more
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
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Critical thinking and systems thinking: towards a critical literacy for systems thinking in practice [PDF]

, 2011
About the book: In reflective problem solving and thoughtful decision making using critical thinking one considers evidence, the context of judgment, the relevant criteria for making the judgment well, the applicable methods or techniques for forming ...
Reynolds, Martin
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware, Colter K. Clayton, Fang Wang, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Kyla Shelton, Tara M. Brinkman, Victoria Willard, Katianne M. Howard Sharp, Kevin Krull, Lindsay F. Schwartz, Melissa M. Hudson, Gregory T. Armstrong, Kirsten K. Ness, Rachel T. Webster   +13 more
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Development of the Systems Thinking for Health Actions framework: a literature review and a case study

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Background Systems thinking is an approach that views systems with a holistic lens, focusing on how components of systems are interconnected. Specifically, the application of systems thinking has proven to be beneficial when applied to health systems ...
Shamsa Zafar, Aku Kwamie, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Muhammad Bilal, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Tshiamo Keakabetse, Lucia Mungapeyi Mupara, Shahid Iqbal, Ellen Mokalake, Jenna Thelen, Kebabonye Gabaake, Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe   +11 more
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