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Week 13: Complex Systems Thinking and Current Impasses in Health…
Week 13: Complex Systems Thinking and Current Impasses in Health Disparities Research and Chapter 14
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Feedback Loops
Health siparities often involve feedback mechanisms (positive and negative), where health behaviors and outcomes influence each other in cycles.
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Emergent Patterns
Health disparities are often macro-level patterns resulting from complex interactions between genetic environmental and social factors across different organizational levels
Genes and Environment
Genetic factors alone are insufficient to explain health disparities. Insteadgene-environment interactions and feedback loops play critical roles, such as the influence of stress and discrimination on genetic expression
Early Life Factors
early life conditions shape long-term health outcomes through dynamic interactions between socioeconomic factors, family environments, and later-life stress responses
Neighborhood Effects
place of residence impacts health, with neighborhood features like resource distribution and safety interacting to affect residents health outcomes
Reductionist Thinking
Focuses on one factor or variable at a time, aimiing to identify a single cause and a single effect
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System vs Heap
system is an interconnectedparts function as a whole whle a heap is a collection of parts that function independently
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