Systems Concepts and Tools. Provide training and consultancy support in the use of systems concepts in evaluation. This includes the material below, workshops, evaluation design, and one-on-one mentoring and advice. Contact me for more details about what I can do for you and your work. Why? Because I believe strongly that the systems field can contribute strongly to the development of the evaluation field.
How so ? The systems field comprises methodologies, methods and tools that are deeply evaluative. For me, systems concepts provide me with very powerful ways of exploring inter-relationships, perspectives and boundaries. •Inter-relationships are the key to understanding how programs behave. More than evaluation, the systems field has thought deeply about these three concepts and come up with approaches that can transform the way in which evaluation does its job.
The material in this section indicates what is possible and how people have used systems concepts in evaluation. The methods are : Causal Loop Diagrams. 12-chapter9.pdf. Article for Marketing - Mary Boone.pdf. Animation : Dipstick Studio. WebEd. Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Data and Statistics: Adult Obesity - DNPAO - CDC.
More than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese. [Read abstract Journal of American Medicine (JAMA)] Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death. [Read guidelines] The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the U.S. was $147 billion in 2008 U.S. dollars; the medical costs for people who are obese were $1,429 higher than those of normal weight. [Read summary] Obesity affects some groups more than others [Read abstract Journal of American Medicine (JAMA)] Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (47.8%) followed by Hispanics (42.5%), non-Hispanic whites (32.6%), and non-Hispanic Asians (10.8%) Obesity is higher among middle age adults, 40-59 years old (39.5%) than among younger adults, age 20-39 (30.3%) or adults over 60 or above (35.4%) adults.
Obesity and socioeconomic status Top of Page. Canadian Obesity Stats 2012. Obesity has been linked with m any chronic diseases, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis and certain types of cancer.Note 1 To assess the health risks of obesity, the World Health Organization and Health Canada use guidelines based on Body Mass IndexNote 2 (BMI), a measure that examines weight in relation to height. BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters (Table 1). BMI is calculated for the population aged 18 and older, excluding pregnant women. In 2012, 18.4% of Canadians aged 18 and older, roughly 4.7 million adults, reported height and weight that classified them as obese. The rate of obesity among men rose from 16.0% in 2003 to 19.0% in 2009, and has remained stable from 2009 to 2012.
Among women, the rate rose from 14.5% in 2003 to 16.7% in 2009, and then remained stable from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, the rate of obesity for women increased to 18.0% (Chart 1). Description for Chart 1 End notes Data. Complexity and Systems Theory - Public Health - Oxford Bibliographies. If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk... Peter Senge: 2010 Systems Thinking in Action Conference Preview.
General Systems Thinking Evaluation Resrouces. Evaluating Systems Change - Design. This post is a response to "How Might We Zoom Out to Evaluating With a Systemic View? " Read more of the conversation here. Much of the work we do in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors is about changing systems to accelerate social progress. Whether we focus on changing or influencing belief systems, operational systems, health delivery systems, educational systems, financial systems, or any other host of systems, ultimately, we must think holistically and expansively if we want to create meaningful and sustainable change.
While it is one thing to conceive of an initiative to stimulate systems change, it is quite another to design and evaluate these efforts in ways that address both the effectiveness of the design process and products, as well as the extent to which the short and long term outcomes have been realized. At FSG Social Impact Advisors, we have become increasingly involved in evaluating initiatives that involve multiple sites and varied project implementation strategies.
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