Review identifies systems thinking as a key to improve health promotion dissemination in tobacco control initiatives, suggesting broader implications.
OBJECTIVE: To help close the gap between health promotion research and practice by using systems thinking. METHODS: We reviewed 3 national US tobacco control initiatives and a project (ISIS) that had introduced systems thinking to tobacco control, speculating on ways in which systems thinking may add value to health promotion dissemination and implementation in general. RESULTS: The diversity of disciplines involved in tobacco control have created disconnection in the field; systems thinking is necessary to increase the impact of strategies. CONCLUSION: Systems thinking has potential to improve synthesis, translation, and dissemination of research findings in other health promotion initiatives.
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