Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: Understanding the growing complexity governing immunization services in Kerala, India

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Varghese, Joe ^a   Kutty, V Raman ^b   Paina, Ligia ^c   Adam, Taghreed ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causal loop diagram; Complex adaptive systems; Governance; Immunization; India; Kerala; Systems thinking; Trust; Vensim

Indexed keywords

FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; VACCINATION;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; VACCINATION;

EID: 84924937893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-47     Document Type: Article

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