Recognizing systems problems can be a valuable process for better understanding the causes of the problem, deciding on various policy options, and engaging with partners and decision makers— which can lead to identifying higher impact solutions.
Some of the policy issues public health professionals face can be difficult to understand and challenging to resolve. Youth violence, teen pregnancy, and obesity—to name just a few—are complicated and multi-factorial problems that can feel very “messy” at times. These are called systems problems, and they might benefit from new ways ...
Because many of the issues or problems faced in public health are “systems problems,” understanding some key sets of systems thinking skills can help at various phases of the CDC Policy Process, including: identifying policy problems, analyzing solutions, better informing decision-making, and improving stakeholder engagement.
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