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The Menagerie of Social Agents: People and Their Connections

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Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics

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Society lives under influences, some which are uncomfortably exogenous and beyond their control. A dynamic flow of networked relationships must be navigated and negotiated. Social networks are powerful and are often underutilized in uncovering the underlying social structure of public policy. But the work that is held dear must be acknowledged for its power to illuminate macrolevel ecological gaps and failures. The following chapter will lay the groundwork to introduce social network analysis as a necessary framework in developing sound health policies.

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Battle-Fisher, M. (2015). The Menagerie of Social Agents: People and Their Connections. In: Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics. SpringerBriefs in Public Health(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12203-8_3

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