Resumen de Systems Science: A Revolution in Public Health Policy Research.

Patricia L. Mabry, Stephen E. Marcus, Pamela I. Clark, Scott J. Leischow, David Mendez

• The authors opine regarding the emergence of systems science in public health and its past use in other fields of study. They discuss the use of models generated in systems science to resolve the complexities of real-world problems. Problem solving in public health using systems science is said to have been conducted for issues involving pandemic flu, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and drug abuse. The authors focus on how systems science can be beneficial to furthering tobacco control.