A Call to Address Complexity in Prevention Science Research
A Call to Address Complexity in Prevention Science Research
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DOI：
10.1007/s11121-012-0285-2
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Mabry, Patricia L.
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作者：
Lich, Kristen Hassmiller;Ginexi, Elizabeth M.;Mabry, Patricia L.
预防性干预措施所针对的问题往往很复杂，涉及社会和环境的多个层面，并贯穿整个发展周期。尽管认识到影响的多层次和系统，但预防科学尚未应用分析方法，能够令人满意地解决它所面临的复杂性。在本文中，我们介绍了解决问题的系统科学方法和方法，特别是用于处理复杂关系及其随时间的演变。通过应用可以检查生物学、行为和环境之间广泛的复杂系统相互作用的方法，可以显著提高预防科学的进展，这些方法共同产生发育风险和保护因素和结果的独特组合。为了说明系统科学方法的潜在效用，我们提出了当前预防研究挑战的例子，并提出了如何通过应用系统科学方法来补充传统方法和增加研究目标。
The problems targeted by preventive interventions are often complex, embedded in multiple levels of social and environmental context, and span the developmental lifespan. Despite this appreciation for multiple levels and systems of influence, prevention science has yet to apply analytic approaches that can satisfactorily address the complexities with which it is faced. In this article, we introduce a systems science approach to problem solving and methods especially equipped to handle complex relationships and their evolution over time. Progress in prevention science may be significantly enhanced by applying approaches that can examine a wide array of complex systems interactions among biology, behavior, and environment that jointly yield unique combinations of developmental risk and protective factors and outcomes. To illustrate the potential utility of a systems science approach, we present examples of current prevention research challenges, and propose how to complement traditional methods and augment research objectives by applying systems science methodologies.