Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina
This case study describes the application of a theory-informed, stakeholder-driven intervention with a group of 19 multi-sector stakeholders from an existing coalition to promote whole-of-community change that supports childhood obesity prevention. The intervention applied community-based system dyn...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-05-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1034611/full |
| _version_ | 1797833153270775808 |
|---|---|
| author | Larissa Calancie Melissa L. Fair Sally Wills Kelsey Werner Kelsey Werner Julia M. Appel Travis R. Moore Travis R. Moore Erin Hennessy Christina D. Economos |
| author_facet | Larissa Calancie Melissa L. Fair Sally Wills Kelsey Werner Kelsey Werner Julia M. Appel Travis R. Moore Travis R. Moore Erin Hennessy Christina D. Economos |
| author_sort | Larissa Calancie |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This case study describes the application of a theory-informed, stakeholder-driven intervention with a group of 19 multi-sector stakeholders from an existing coalition to promote whole-of-community change that supports childhood obesity prevention. The intervention applied community-based system dynamics to design and implement activities that promoted insights into the systems driving childhood obesity prevalence and helped participants prioritize actions to influence those systems. This led to three new priority areas for the coalition: addressing food insecurity; building power among historically marginalized voices within the community; and supporting advocacy efforts to promote community-wide change beyond the coalition’s previous focus on organizational-level policy, systems and environment change. The intervention spurred the application of community-based system dynamics to other health issues and in partner organizations, which demonstrates paradigm shifts about how to address complex public health issues in the community. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-09T14:18:51Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-c6349f10def142b083374ba44a3130c0 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2296-2565 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-09T14:18:51Z |
| publishDate | 2023-05-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Public Health |
| spelling | doaj.art-c6349f10def142b083374ba44a3130c02023-05-05T05:10:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-05-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10346111034611Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South CarolinaLarissa Calancie0Melissa L. Fair1Sally Wills2Kelsey Werner3Kelsey Werner4Julia M. Appel5Travis R. Moore6Travis R. Moore7Erin Hennessy8Christina D. Economos9ChildObesity180, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tuft’s University, Boston, MA, United StatesInstitute for the Advancement of Community Health, Furman University, Greenville, SC, United StatesLiveWell Greenville, Greenville, SC, United StatesSocial System Design Lab, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United StatesSchool of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United StatesInstitute for the Advancement of Community Health, Furman University, Greenville, SC, United StatesChildObesity180, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tuft’s University, Boston, MA, United StatesDepartment of Community Health, School of Arts and Sciences, Tuft’s University, Medford, MA, United StatesChildObesity180, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tuft’s University, Boston, MA, United StatesChildObesity180, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tuft’s University, Boston, MA, United StatesThis case study describes the application of a theory-informed, stakeholder-driven intervention with a group of 19 multi-sector stakeholders from an existing coalition to promote whole-of-community change that supports childhood obesity prevention. The intervention applied community-based system dynamics to design and implement activities that promoted insights into the systems driving childhood obesity prevalence and helped participants prioritize actions to influence those systems. This led to three new priority areas for the coalition: addressing food insecurity; building power among historically marginalized voices within the community; and supporting advocacy efforts to promote community-wide change beyond the coalition’s previous focus on organizational-level policy, systems and environment change. The intervention spurred the application of community-based system dynamics to other health issues and in partner organizations, which demonstrates paradigm shifts about how to address complex public health issues in the community.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1034611/fullcommunity coalitionsystems changechildhood obesitydiffusionsystems dynamicspolicy |
| spellingShingle | Larissa Calancie Melissa L. Fair Sally Wills Kelsey Werner Kelsey Werner Julia M. Appel Travis R. Moore Travis R. Moore Erin Hennessy Christina D. Economos Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina Frontiers in Public Health community coalition systems change childhood obesity diffusion systems dynamics policy |
| title | Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina |
| title_full | Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina |
| title_fullStr | Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina |
| title_short | Implementing a stakeholder-driven community diffusion-informed intervention to create healthier, more equitable systems: a community case study in Greenville County, South Carolina |
| title_sort | implementing a stakeholder driven community diffusion informed intervention to create healthier more equitable systems a community case study in greenville county south carolina |
| topic | community coalition systems change childhood obesity diffusion systems dynamics policy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1034611/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT larissacalancie implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT melissalfair implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT sallywills implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT kelseywerner implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT kelseywerner implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT juliamappel implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT travisrmoore implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT travisrmoore implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT erinhennessy implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina AT christinadeconomos implementingastakeholderdrivencommunitydiffusioninformedinterventiontocreatehealthiermoreequitablesystemsacommunitycasestudyingreenvillecountysouthcarolina |