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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2008 Aug;35(2 0):S196–S203. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.014

Table 1.

ISIS recommendations

ISIS recommendation Action items
Develop and apply systems methods and processes
  • Encourage systems thinking theory and research development

  • Foster mixed-methods systems thinking

  • Conduct participatory systems needs assessments

  • Encourage an ecologic perspective on implementation

Build and maintain network relationships
  • Create multijurisdictional/multilevel networks of networks for systems thinking and action

  • Study the networks of networks to determine their effects

  • Encourage transdisciplinarity

  • Foster systems evaluation

Build system and knowledge capacity
  • Build capacity for systems thinking

  • Expand public health data to enable systems analyses

  • Integrate information silos through cyber-infrastructure development

Encourage transformation to a systems culture
  • Encourage ongoing vision and paradigm evolution

  • Rethink prioritizing and funding

  • Foster a systems-thinking learning environment

  • Address barriers to the adoption of systems thinking

  • Engender systems leadership