Viewing the global health system as a complex adaptive system – implications for research and practice [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]

dc.contributor.authorBorghi, J.
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, S.
dc.contributor.authorKoduah, A.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-18T11:34:25Z
dc.date.available2023-05-18T11:34:25Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe global health system (GHS) is ill-equipped to deal with the increasing number of transnational challenges. The GHS needs reform to enhance global resilience to future risks to health. In this article we argue that the starting point for any reform must be conceptualizing and studying the GHS as a complex adaptive system (CAS) with a large and escalating number of interconnected global health actors that learn and adapt their behaviours in response to each other and changes in their environment. The GHS can be viewed as a multi-scalar, nested health system comprising all national health systems together with the global health architecture, in which behaviours are influenced by cross-scale interactions. However, current methods cannot adequately capture the dynamism or complexity of the GHS or quantify the effects of challenges or potential reform options. We provide an overview of a selection of systems thinking and complexity science methods available to researchers and highlight the numerous policy insights their application could yield. We also discuss the challenges for researchers of applying these methods and for policy makers of digesting and acting upon them. We encourage application of a CAS approach to GHS research and policy making to help bolster resilience to future risks that transcend national boundaries and system scales.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHow to cite this article: Borghi J, Ismail S, Hollway J et al. Viewing the global health system as a complex adaptive system – implications for research and practice [version 1; peer review: 1 approved] F1000Research 2022, 11:1147 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.126201.1en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.126201.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/39072
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherF1000 Researchen_US
dc.subjectcomplex adaptive systemen_US
dc.subjectglobal health systemen_US
dc.subject; health systemen_US
dc.titleViewing the global health system as a complex adaptive system – implications for research and practice [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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