Systems-based approaches in public health

Health inequalities Public health and epidemiology Prevention

September 2021

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Systems-based approaches in public health: where next?

At a glance

This report, produced with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and supported by Wellcome and the Health Foundation, explores how systems-based approaches can help tackle complex public health challenges and sets out priorities for research, policy and practice.

Published: September 2021

Systems-based approaches in public health – where next? Sep 2021 (PDF, 455.98 KB)

Fellows mentioned

Professor Susan Jebb OBE FMedSci

Professor of diet and population health

University of Oxford

Professor Susan Michie FBA FMedSci

Professor of Health Psychology

University College London

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