Mainstreaming modeling and simulation to accelerate public health innovation Article

Maglio, PP, Sepulveda, MJ, Mabry, PL. (2014). Mainstreaming modeling and simulation to accelerate public health innovation . AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 104(7), 1181-1186. 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301873

cited authors

  • Maglio, PP; Sepulveda, MJ; Mabry, PL

authors

abstract

  • Dynamic modeling and simulation are systems science tools that examine behaviors and outcomes resulting from interactions among multiple system components over time. Although there are excellent examples of their application, they have not been adopted as mainstream tools in population health planning and policymaking. Impediments to their use include the legacy and ease of use of statistical approaches that produce estimates with confidence intervals, the difficulty of multidisciplinary collaboration for modeling and simulation, systems scientists' inability to communicate effectively the added value of the tools, and low funding for population health systems science. Proposed remedies include aggregation of diverse data sets, systems science training for public health and other health professionals, changing research incentives toward collaboration, and increased funding for population health systems science projects.

publication date

  • January 1, 2014

published in

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 1181

end page

  • 1186

volume

  • 104

issue

  • 7