Select a public health problem, or a health services management problem, of your choice that you think would benefit from systems analysis or systems thinking. It could be one we have discussed already such as obesity or drug addiction, it can be the issue you chose for assignment 2 or it could be something new – anything related to a social determinant of health including public health and health services management.

Part 1 of the assessment requires you to briefly review any existing evidence that has adopted a systems approach to better understand or address your problem of interest.

Part 2 requires you to describe what method or methods you would use to shed further light on the problem or its possible solutions. A good answer will justify your choice of method(s) in terms of the added information you think it will provide and describe and discuss how you would apply this method(s) – what process would you go through, what data might you need and so on…