2019
A community-based system dynamics approach suggests solutions for improving healthy food access in a low-income urban environment
Mui Y, Ballard E, Lopatin E, Thornton RLJ, Pollack Porter K, Gittelsohn J. (2019) A community-based system dynamics approach suggests solutions for improving healthy food access in a low-income urban environment. PLOS ONE 14(5): e0216985. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216985.
A systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based obesity models: Evaluating obesity as part of the global syndemic.
Morshed, A.B.; Kasman, M; Heuberger, B.; Hammond, R.A.; & Hovmand, P.S. 2019. A systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based obesity models: Evaluating obesity as part of the global syndemic. Obesity Reviews, 2019. DOI: 10.1111/obr.12877
Capability Traps Impeding Homeless Services: A Community-Based System Dynamics Evaluation
Patrick J. Fowler, Kenneth Wright, Katherine E. Marcal, Ellis Ballard & Peter S. Hovmand (2019) Capability Traps Impeding Homeless Services: A Community- Based System Dynamics Evaluation, Journal of Social Service Research, 45:3, 348-359, DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2018.1480560
Learning to track systems change using causal loop diagrams
Brown, A.; Millar, L.; Hovmand, P.S.; Kuhlberg, J.; Love, P.; Nagorcka-Smith, P.; Odenthal, M.; Owen, B.; Whelan, J.; Allender, S. (2019). Learning to track systems change using causal loop diagrams. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.210
Leverage points to improve smoking cessation treatment in a large tertiary care hospital: a systems-based mixed methods study
Ramsey, A.T.; Prentice, D.; Ballard, E.; Chen, L.; & Beirut, L.J. 2019. Leverage points to improve smoking cessation treatment in a large tertiary care hospital: a systems-based mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 9(7). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030066
Scaling Up Housing Services Within the Child Welfare System: Policy Insights From Simulation Modeling
Patrick J Fowler, Katherine E Marcal, Saras Chung, Derek S Brown, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Peter S Hovmand. (2019). Scaling up housing services within the child welfare system: Policy insights from simulation modeling. Child Maltreatment, 1-10.
Solving Homelessness from a Complex Systems Perspective: Insights for Prevention Responses
Fowler, P.J.; Hovmand, P.S.; Marcal, K.E.; Das, S. (2019). Solving Homelessness from a Complex Systems Perspective: Insights for Prevention Responses. Annual Review of Public Health, 40. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013553
Strengthening child inclusion in the classroom in rural schools of Pakistan and Afghanistan: What did we learn by testing the system dynamics protocol for community engagement?
Jean-François Trani, Parul Bakhshi, Alan Mozaffari, Munib Sohail, Hashim Rawab, Ian Kaplan, Ellis Ballard, Peter Hovmand. (2019). Strengthening child inclusion in the classroom in rural schools of Pakistan and Afghanistan: What did we learn by testing the system dynamics protocol for community engagement? Research in Comparative and International Education, 14(1).
The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: The Lancet Commission report
Boyd A Swinburn, Vivica I Kraak, Steven Allender, Vincent J Atkins, Phillip I Baker, Jessica R Bogard, Hannah Brinsden, Alejandro Calvillo, Olivier De Schutter, Raji Devarajan, Majid Ezzati, Sharon Friel, Shifalika Goenka, Ross A Hammond, Gerard Hastings, Corinna Hawkes, Mario Herrero, Peter S Hovmand, Mark Howden, Lindsay M Jaacks, Ariadne B Kapetanaki, Matt Kasman, Harriet V Kuhnlein, Shiriki K Kumanyika, Bagher Larijani, Tim Lobstein, Michael W Long, Victor KR Matsudo, Susanna DH Mills, Gareth Morgan, Alexandra Morshed, Patricia M Nece, An Pan, David W Patterson, Gary Sacks, Meera Shekar, Geoff L Simmons, Warren Smit, Ali Tootee, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Wilma E Waterlander, Luke Wolfenden, William H Dietz. (2019). The Lancet.
Using community-based system dynamics modeling to understand the complex systems that influence health in cities: The SALURBAL study
Langellier, B.A.; Kuhlberg, J.A.; Ballard, E.. Slesinski, C.; Stankov, I.; Gouveia, N.; Meiesel, J.D.; Kroker-Lobos, M.F.; Sarmiento, O.L.; Teixeira, W.; & Diez Rous, A.V. (2019). Using community based system dynamics modeling to understand the complex factors that influence health in cities: The SALURBAL study. Health and Place, 60.
Using Community-Based System Dynamics to increase inclusive education in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Mozaffari A, Safi M, Wahidi H, et. al (2020). Using Community Based System Dynamics to increase inclusive education in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Enabling Education Review, Issue 8.,
Using system dynamics modeling to evaluate a community-based social marketing framework: A computer simulation study
Brian Joseph Biroscak, Carol Bryant, Mahmooda Khaliq, Tali Schneider, Anthony Dominic Panzera, Anita Courtney, Claudia Parvanta, Peter Hovmand. (2019). Using system dynamics modeling to evaluate a community-based social marketing framework: A computer simulation study. Journal of Social Marketing, 9(1).