Centering and collaborating with community knowledge systems: piloting a novel participatory modeling approach

• Main Authors: Yahya Shaikh (Author), Muzamillah Jeelani (Author), Michael Christopher Gibbons (Author), Denisa Livingston (Author), David Rudyard Williams (Author), Sanith Wijesinghe (Author), Jenine Patterson (Author), Sybil Russell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Systems science approaches like simulation modeling can offer an opportunity for community voice to shape policies. In the episteme of many communities there are elders, leaders, and researchers who are seen as bearers of historic knowledge and can contextualize and interpret con...