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Monograph 18: Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control

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Table of Contents:

• Other NCI Tobacco Control Monographs (52 kb)
• Illustrations (89 kb)
• Foreword (66 kb)
• Message from the Series Editor (54 kb)
• Preface (86 kb)
• Acknowledgments (150 kb)
• Acronyms List (46 kb)
• Contents (138 kb)



• Chapter 1
  Overview (183 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Monograph Framework
  • Summary
  • Major Conclusions
  • Chapter Conclusions
  • References


• Chapter 2
  Tobacco Control at a Crossroads (459 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Need for a New Approach
  • Population-Level Tobacco Control Efforts: Beginnings of an Integrated System
  • Current Tobacco Control Research and Practice: Systems Problems
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References


• Chapter 3
  Systems Thinking: Potential to Transform Tobacco Control (411 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Systems and Systems Thinking
  • Systems Thinking: Toward an Integrated View
  • Application of Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References


• Chapter 4
  How to Organize: Systems Organizing (1,242 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Traditional Management Theory
  • Systems Organizing Model
  • Collaboratively Constructed Concept Maps for Systems Organizing: Case Studies
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 4A. Description of Concept-Mapping Methodology
  • References


• Chapter 5
  How to Anticipate Change in Tobacco Control Systems (1,648 kb)
  • Introduction
  • System Dynamics
  • System Dynamics Application of Tobacco Control
  • Simulation Results
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 5A. Detailed Development of a System Dynamics Model
  • References


• Chapter 6
  Understanding and Managing Stakeholder Networks (801 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Overview of Network Theory
  • Effective Organizational Networks
  • Value of Organizational Networks
  • Application of Network Analysis
  • Use of Network Methods for Tobacco Control
  • Case Study of Network Analysis in Tobacco Control Evaluation
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References


• Chapter 7
  What We Know: Managing the Knowledge Content (1,027 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Knowledge Management and Translation
  • Knowledge Management Concepts
  • Framework for Strategy of Knowledge Management and Translation
  • Case Study: Knowledge Management in Tobacco Control
  • Case Study: Concept Mapping of Knowledge Base for Tobacco Control
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 7A. 4P-Knowledge Management and Translation Infrastructures: Strategy and Outcome Maps
  • Appendix 7B. Discussion Questions Used in National Cancer Institute Review of Knowledge Management and Translation
  • References


• Chapter 8
  ISIS: Synthesis and Conclusions (408 kb)
  • Introduction
  • Synthesis: Looking Back and Looking Over the Horizon
  • General Conclusions
  • Specific Conclusions
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References


• Appendix A
  Initiative on the Study and Implementation of Systems: A Project History (157 kb)
  • References


• Appendix B
  Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control: A Framework for Implementation (287 kb)
  • Integrated Systems Thinking: Story Line for the Future
  • Putting Systems Thinking into Practice
  • Implementing Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control: Open Questions and Next Steps
  • References


• Index (114 kb)

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