Introduction The past decade has increasingly seen systems approaches as a featured
theme in public health studies and policy documents. This trend is evident in the area of …

Systems thinking approaches are increasingly being used to help communities understand
and develop responses to preventing complex health problems. Less is known about how …

Background Systems approaches are currently being advocated and implemented to
address complex challenges in Public Health. These approaches work by bringing multi …

Background Complex systems approaches are increasingly used in health promotion and
noncommunicable disease prevention research, policy and practice. Questions emerge as …

Objectives Systems approaches aim to change the environments in which people live,
through cross-sectoral working, by harnessing the complexity of the problem. This paper …

Background Greenness exposure has been associated with many health benefits, for
example through the pathway of providing opportunities for physical activity (PA). Beside the …

Despite its potential utility for the outdoor recreation sector, there is no centralised
surveillance system for recreational walking trails in Ireland and thus trail usage in Ireland …

Background Interest in applying a complex systems approach to understanding
socioeconomic inequalities in health is growing, but an overview of existing research on this …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic necessitated the
implementation and prioritizing of strict public health strategies to mitigate COVID-19 …

Foresight science is a systematic approach to generate future predictions for planning and
management by drawing upon analytical and predictive tools to understand the past and …