Social and behavioural factors are critical to the emergence, spread and containment of
human disease, and are key determinants of the course, duration and outcomes of disease …

This article reports the first systematic literature review of system dynamics (SD) applications
in health and medicine published between 1960 and 2018. We categorize SD contributions …

Background The West African Ebola epidemic has demonstrated that the existing range of
medical and epidemiological responses to emerging disease outbreaks is insufficient …

Background Immunization directly impacts health (SDG3) and brings a contribution to 14 out
of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as ending poverty, reducing hunger …

Many authors have sought to summarize what they regard as the key features of
“complexity”. Some concentrate on the complexity they see as existing in the world—on …

This paper analyses an SIRS-type model for infectious diseases with account for
behavioural changes associated with the simultaneous spread of awareness in the …

It is critical to understand the impact of distinct interventions on the ongoing coronavirus
disease pandemic. I develop a behavioral dynamic epidemic model for multifaceted policy …

This is the first of a series of papers on the stages of critical systems practice. Critical
systems practice is a multimethodology that seeks to employ the ideas developed in critical …

This systematic literature review compared the epidemiological (EPI) research and the
qualitative social and behavioral science (SBS) research published during the West Africa …

Whenever a disease emerges, awareness in susceptibles prompts them to take preventive
measures, which influence individuals' behaviors. Therefore, we present and analyze a time …