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Theorising interventions as events in systems.

Penelope Hawe¹, Alan Shiell, Therese Riley

¹Population Health Intervention Research Centre, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada. phawe@ucalgary.ca

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Rethinking preventive interventions requires viewing them as critical events within complex systems, not just activity packages. This approach, using social network analysis and complex systems theory, enhances intervention effectiveness and evaluation.

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Social Network Analysis
Complex Systems Theory

Background:

Traditional preventive interventions often oversimplify by focusing solely on activity packages or educational messages.
An alternative perspective views interventions within the dynamic properties of their ecological system contexts (schools, communities, worksites).

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an alternative framework for understanding preventive interventions.
To explore the implications of viewing interventions as critical events within complex systems.

Main Methods:

Conceptualizing social settings as complex ecological systems with dimensions of activity settings, social networks, and time.
Applying principles from social network analysis and complex systems theory to intervention evaluation.

Main Results:

Interventions are viewed as critical events that can lead to the evolution of new interaction structures and shared meanings.
Interventions impact evolving networks of person-time-place interactions, altering relationships, activities, and resource distribution.

Conclusions:

Shifting focus to the dynamic, systemic context of interventions offers significant implications for improving their evaluation and effectiveness.
This complex systems approach provides a more nuanced understanding of how interventions function and evolve over time.