Resource Details
| Resource Name: | Sustainability science: an integrated approach for health-programme planning |
| File: | click to download: Sustainability_science-_an_integrated_approach_for_health-programme_planning.pdf |
| Resource Type: | Article |
| Short Desc: | Conceptual and empirical review of experiences about sustainability by Gruen et al., who propose that "sustainable health programmes are regarded as complex systems that encompass programmes, health problems targeted by programmes, and programmes’ drivers or key stakeholders, all of which interact dynamically within any given context." An important step in apprehending sustainability as the emerging property within complex local systems. |
| Resource Date: | 01-Nov-08 |
| Contact Person: | Russell L. Gruen MBBS PhD FRACS |
| Contact Email: | r.gruen@alfred.org.au |
| Related Topics: |
Track 1: Sustain. in Community Health Track 3: Complex Systems Complexity Evaluation/assessment Health Outcomes Health systems strengthening Health/Basic Services Human Development Organizational Capacity Political participation Social Network |