Approaching complexity: A commentary on Keshavarz, Nutbeam, Rowling and Khavarpour

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1475-1477

  Haggis, Tamsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems theory; Complexity; Health promoting schools; Qualitative research; Social complex systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77951930451     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.022     Document Type: Note

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