Table 2.
Summary agenda from community-based system dynamics workshops.
| Activity | Artifacts Produced | Notes on Design Decisions | Lima (minutes) | São Paulo (minutes) | Antigua Guatemala (minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General presentation | – | Yes (40) | Yes (40) | Yes (40) | |
| Hopes & Fears | List of hopes and fears for the workshop | Yes (45) | Yes (45) | Yes (45) | |
| Graphs Over Time | Graphs showing the trajectories over time of variables that influence healthy eating in cities and transport-related variables that influence health in cities; themes in variables; ranking of relative importance of variables | Conducted in parallel by food group and transport group | Yes (40) | Yes (40) | Yes (40) |
| Causal Loop Diagramming | 2-3 CLDs describing variables and feedbacks via which food behaviors impact health in cities; 2–3 CLDs that describe transport behaviors that influence health | Conducted in parallel by food group and transport group | Yes (60) | Yes (60) | Yes (60) |
| Presentation of CLDs | – | Conducted in parallel by food group and transport group | Yes (30) | Yes (30) | Yes (30) |
| Model synthesis | Synthesis CLD | In Lima, facilitators conducted an initial synthesis of the small group CLDs during lunch and presented back to the full group for critique | Yes (60) | See “Day 2″ | See “Day 2″ |
| Causal Loop Diagramming 2.0 | 6 CLDs describing variables and feedbacks via which both food behaviors and transport impact health in cities | In São Paulo and Antigua Guatemala, participants conducted a second round of “Causal Loop Diagramming” in small “mixed” groups of participants with domain expertise in food and participants with expertise in transport | – | Yes (45) | Yes (45) |
| Presentation of CLDs 2.0 | – | Conducted among the full group of all participants | – | Yes (45) | Yes (45) |
| Action Ideas | List of action ideas to improve food and transport behaviors, ranked by feasibility and potential impact | Conducted in parallel by food group and transport group | Yes (55) | See “Day 2″ | See “Day 2″ |
| Reflection (Day 1) | – | Yes (20) | Yes (30) | Yes (30) | |
| Break for night |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Day 2 | – | ||||
| Welcome and review | – | – | Yes (20) | Yes (20) | |
| Model synthesis | Synthesis CLD | In São Paulo and Antigua Guatemala, facilitators conducted an initial synthesis of the previous round of CLDs during the overnight break and presented back to the full group for critique | – | Yes (70) | Yes (70) |
| Presentation on leverage points | – | – | Yes (30) | Yes (30) | |
| Action ideas | List of action ideas | Conducted in parallel by food group and transport group | – | Yes (45) | Yes (30) |
| Action ideas presentation | List of action ideas ranked in terms of impact and feasibility | Conducted among the entire group | – | Yes (45) | Yes (45) |
| Reflection (Day 2) | – | – | Yes (30) | Yes (30) |
Note: CLD = causal loop diagram. Please see Scriptapedia for a more robust description of scripted activities (Hovmand et al., 2015b).