Applied Systems Thinking for Health Systems and Public Health Research

series event

Jointly organised by the Centre for Evaluation, the Health Systems Research Group at the GHD and the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions

Health systems are characterised by extraordinary complexity in relationships among stakeholders and the processes they create. Systems phenomena of massive interdependencies, organising and emergent behaviour, non-linearity and lagged feedback loops, path dependence and tipping points make health system behaviour difficult and sometimes impossible to predict or manage. Conventional reductionist approaches to public health and health systems research are inadequate for tackling the problems health systems pose. It is increasingly recognized that we need in public health a special set of approaches, methods and tools that derive from systems thinking perspectives.

This full day event at LSHTM examined various innovative systems thinking methodologies that can be used. The recordings from each session are available online.

9.30	Welcome & Introduction	Karl Blanchet
Session 1 – available to watch online here		Chair: Dina Balabanova
9.40	System Thinking in Health Systems Research	Don de Savigny
9.55	Complexity and Cynefin	Dave Snowden
10.10	Complex systems approaches to public health research, policy, and practice	Harry Rutter
10.25	Using qualitative methods in complex systems research	Natalie Savona
10.40	Panel discussion	All speakers
11.00	Coffee break
Session 2 – available to watch online here		Chair: Jo Borghi
11.30	Soft systems methodology	Kathy Kotiadis
11.45	Rapid appraisal methods which seek to capture complexity	Dina Balabanova
12.00	Process re-engineering to manage complexity	Don de Savigny
12.15	Developing systems thinking for health	Martin Reynolds
12.30	Panel discussion	All speakers
13.00	Lunch
Session 3 – available to watch online here		Chair: Natalie Savona
14.00	Social network analysis	Karl Blanchet
14.15	Causal mediation analysis	Josephine Borghi
14.30	Mathematical methods for modelling complex dynamic systems	Zaid Chalabi
14.45	Panel discussion	All speakers
15. 15	Summing up	Don de Savigny

Admission

Free and open to all but registration via Eventbrite is REQUIRED

Contact

evaluation@lshtm.ac.uk

Where and when

51.5209007, -0.13028029999998

Venue

LSHTM, Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

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Room

John Snow Lecture Theatre

Date

Monday 26 March 2018

Time

09:00 - 18:00

Date and time zone is UK

Admission

Free and open to all but registration via Eventbrite is REQUIRED

Contact

evaluation@lshtm.ac.uk

Add to Calendar 2018-03-26 09:00:00 2018-03-26 18:00:00 Applied Systems Thinking for Health Systems and Public Health Research Jointly organised by the Centre for Evaluation, the Health Systems Research Group at the GHD and the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions Health systems are characterised by extraordinary complexity in relationships among stakeholders and the processes they create. Systems phenomena of massive interdependencies, organising and emergent behaviour, non-linearity and lagged feedback loops, path dependence and tipping points make health system behaviour difficult and sometimes impossible to predict or manage. Conventional reductionist approaches to public health and health systems research are inadequate for tackling the problems health systems pose. It is increasingly recognized that we need in public health a special set of approaches, methods and tools that derive from systems thinking perspectives. This full day event at LSHTM examined various innovative systems thinking methodologies that can be used. The recordings from each session are available online. 9.30 Welcome & Introduction Karl Blanchet Session 1 – available to watch online here Chair: Dina Balabanova 9.40 System Thinking in Health Systems Research Don de Savigny 9.55 Complexity and Cynefin Dave Snowden 10.10 Complex systems approaches to public health research, policy, and practice Harry Rutter 10.25 Using qualitative methods in complex systems research Natalie Savona 10.40 Panel discussion All speakers 11.00 Coffee break Session 2 – available to watch online here Chair: Jo Borghi 11.30 Soft systems methodology Kathy Kotiadis 11.45 Rapid appraisal methods which seek to capture complexity Dina Balabanova 12.00 Process re-engineering to manage complexity Don de Savigny 12.15 Developing systems thinking for health Martin Reynolds 12.30 Panel discussion All speakers 13.00 Lunch Session 3 – available to watch online here Chair: Natalie Savona 14.00 Social network analysis Karl Blanchet 14.15 Causal mediation analysis Josephine Borghi 14.30 Mathematical methods for modelling complex dynamic systems Zaid Chalabi 14.45 Panel discussion All speakers 15. 15 Summing up Don de Savigny https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/applied-systems-thinking-for-health-systems-and-public-health-research-tickets-43304689492 evaluation@lshtm.ac.uk Europe/London public

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