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This is the opening presentation by Prof. Ramesh Raghavan on July 21, 2011 in Chennai on the Concluding Day of the Trans Disciplinary Problem Solving Course: co-taught by Washington University in St. Louis and ICTPH.
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Transdisciplinary Problem Solving:
Implementing Public Health Interventions
in Developing Countries
Ramesh Raghavan
Ravikumar Chockalingam
Traditional Approaches to
Problem Solving
Unidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
Interdisciplinary
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
Our tools of inquiry may be
inadequate for complex problems
We Require Transdisciplinary
Thinking
“Transdisciplinarity is a process in which team
members representing different fields work
together over extended periods to develop
shared conceptual and methodologic frameworks
that not only integrate but also transcend their
respective disciplinary perspectives.”
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
We Require Transdisciplinary
Thinking
“Transdisciplinarity is a process in which team
members representing different fields work
together over extended periods to develop
shared conceptual and methodologic frameworks
that not only integrate but also transcend their
respective disciplinary perspectives.”
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
We Require Transdisciplinary
Thinking
“Transdisciplinarity is a process in which team
members representing different fields work
together over extended periods to develop
shared conceptual and methodologic frameworks
that not only integrate but also transcend their
respective disciplinary perspectives.”
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
We Require Transdisciplinary
Thinking
“Transdisciplinarity is a process in which team
members representing different fields work
together over extended periods to
develop shared conceptual and methodologic
frameworks that not only integrate but also
transcend their respective disciplinary
perspectives.”
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
We Require Transdisciplinary
Thinking
“Transdisciplinarity is a process in which team
members representing different fields work
together over extended periods to develop
shared conceptual and methodologic frameworks
that not only integrate but also transcend
their respective disciplinary
perspectives.”
Stokols et al. The science of team science. Am J Prev Med 2008;35(2S):S77–S89
Brown School’s first overseas
“immersion” course in
Transdisciplinary Problem Solving
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diarrheal Disease
Maternal and Child Health
Oral Cancer
Oral Health
Thank you,
ICTPH
Glossary
HMIS: Health Management Information System
PISP: Population-level Individual Screening
Protocol
SVG: SughaVazhvu Guide (community health
worker)
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