Using models to understand community interventions for improving public health and food systems
Erin Hennessyab, Larissa Calancieab and Christina Economos (D.)ab aFriedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States bChildObesity180
Abstract
This chapter provides an illustration of how modeling techniques can be blended to study and understand the complex food system more effectively. To begin, the chapter presents systems mapping that was used to understand the dynamics of community change that occurred as part of a community intervention, which, among other strategies, focused on local food system change led by a community coalition. Next, the chapter describes the foundation and development ...
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