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Table 2 Relevancy Criteria

From: The application of system dynamics modelling to environmental health decision-making and policy - a scoping review

RC 1 - Subject / content relevancy – Area of environmental health service delivery

The report’s primary focus is related to the assessment and control of environmental factors:

Highly Relevant – that directly contribute to the creation of health-supportive environments, but where the protection or promotion of human health and wellbeing is directly included in the goal of the investigation.

Relevant - that directly contribute to the creation of health-supportive environments, but where the protection or promotion of human health and wellbeing is not directly included in the goal of the investigation.

Somewhat Relevant - that indirectly contribute to the creation of health-supportive environments, and where the protection or promotion of human health and wellbeing is not directly included in the goal of the investigation.

Not Relevant - that do not affect human health or the creation of health-supportive environments.

RC 2 - Methodological Relevancy - Use of system dynamics to address an environmental health problem

The report describes the use of system dynamics to examine the assessment or control of one or more environmental factors:

Highly Relevant - directly in relation to the impact that the factor can potentially have on population health.

Relevant - indirectly in relation to the impact that the factor(s) can potentially have on human health. This includes reports that include environmental health hazard or risk factors in the system dynamics modelling without directly addressing their impact on population health.

Somewhat Relevant - which can reasonably be assumed is done, at least in part, for the protection of population health or the creation of health-supportive environments, but does not directly or indirectly examine the impact that the factor can potentially have on population health.

Not Relevant - not in relation to the impact that the factor can potentially have on human health.

RC 3 - Application Relevancy – Application in public decision-making

The report outlines the use of system dynamics modelling in a way that is intentionally intended:

Highly Relevant – to inform a specific policy or decision-making processes including specifying how the modelling process or model findings we used to inform the policy or decision-making process.

Relevant – to inform a specific policy or decision-making processes without specifying how the modelling process or model findings we used to inform the policy or decision-making process.

Somewhat Relevant - to inform non-specific policy or decision-making processes, without specifying if or how the modelling process or model findings were used to inform a policy or decision-making process.

Not Relevant - not in a way that is intentionally intended to inform policy or decision-making processes