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Alternative Title:
Matern Child Health J
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-014-1586-9
Personal Author:
Kroelinger, Charlan D. ; Rankin, Kristin M. ; Chambers, David A. ; Diez Roux, Ana V. ; Hughes, Karen ; ... More +
Kroelinger, Charlan D. ; Rankin, Kristin M. ; Chambers, David A. ; Diez Roux, Ana V. ; Hughes, Karen ; Grigorescu, Violanda Less -
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Traditionally, epidemiologic methodologies have focused on measurement of exposures, outcomes, and program impact through reductionistic, yet complex statistical modeling. Although not new to the field of epidemiology, two frameworks that provide epidemiologists with a foundation for understanding the complex contexts in which programs and policies are implemented were presented to maternal and child health (MCH) professionals at the 2012 co-hosted 18th Annual MCH Epidemiology Conference and 22nd CityMatCH Urban Leadership Conference. The complex systems approach offers researchers in MCH the opportunity to understand the functioning of social, medical, environmental, and behavioral factors within the context of implemented public health programs. Implementation science provides researchers with a framework to translate the evidence-based program interventions into practices and policies that impact health outcomes. Both approaches offer MCH epidemiologists conceptual frameworks with which to re-envision how programs are implemented, monitored, evaluated, and reported to the larger public health audience. By using these approaches, researchers can begin to understand and measure the broader public health context, account for the dynamic interplay of the social environment, and ultimately, develop more effective MCH programs and policies.
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Child
Child Health Services
Complex Systems Thinking
Health Behavior
Humans
Implementation Science
Maternal-Child Health Centers
Maternal Health Services
Public Health
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Systems Analysis
Theory
Public Health

Source:
Matern Child Health J. 2014; 18(7):1560-1564.
Pubmed ID:
25108501
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4295498
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
DWZ8/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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