Reconciling Statistical and Systems Science Approaches to Public Health

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Ip, Edward H ^a   Rahmandad, Hazhir ^b   Shoham, David A ^c   Hammond, Ross ^d   Huang, Terry T K ^e   Wang, Youfa ^f   Mabry, Patricia L ^g  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based model; childhood obesity; complex systems; computational model; Levins framework; social network analysis; statistical model; system dynamics model

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEVINS FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; LEVINS FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84890925298     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113493911     Document Type: Article

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