The following excerpt was taken with permission, verbatim fr…
The following excerpt was taken with permission, verbatim from: Tramonti F. (2021). COVID-19, systems thinking and the ecology of disease: A focus on the family. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 27(5), 1172–1174. “Systems are open to change and must display adaptability to survive. This is true for cells, organisms, families, and societies. It is also true for health care institutions whose scope is that of confronting with changing profiles of morbidity in society and a globalized world. 4 With its multiple demands, the COVID‐19 pandemic is a challenging stress test for the health care system. Under the pressure of a rapidly and widely expanding menace, the current situation confirms that all the biopsychosocial dimensions of disease are closely interconnected as parts of the same complex reality. 5 The basic tenets of systems thinking thus can serve as guiding principles for an accurate analysis of such complex reality and the ecology of individual lives. 6 For human beings, this includes family relations, social networks, societies, and the cultural milieu, not forgetting the nonhuman environment.” During the past year, we have focused on the larger system in which public health problems emerge and exist. This semester, we focused our attention from social networks, to environments, society, health care systems and discussed disease in the larger global context. Using your understanding of systems thinking and concepts taught in the course, react to and expound upon the above statement. Your answer should discuss the role of community, environmental, political, and cultural factors, and the intersection of these factors, in influencing health outcomes for COVID-19. You should also highlight issues associated with the physical and built environment and how this influences disease spread. Your answer should be no less than 200 words in length. (15 points)