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Branded Knowledge: Does This Make Sense for Health?

May 23, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 433 Views brand, branding, complexity, health, health care, knowledge translation, marketing, public health

Commercial products relying heavily on branding to entice their purchase and use in a crowded marketplace. Is this something that

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Behaviour and Bodies, Systems and Design

February 20, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 404 Views biological systems, bodies, design, Fascial Stretch Therapy, health, health care, organizational design, systems thinking, yoga

Drawing connections between our bodies and our behaviour reveals systems thinking in new ways that can lend themselves to contemplating greater ways to consider the relationship between design and its consequences on human health.

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Design and Health: Systems, Substance and Style

September 2, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 417 Views design, design thinking, health care, knowledge translation, Lady Gaga, mhealth, public health

Style is not something to disregard as a superficial part of the health system, rather it is something that with content (substance) and good systems may be the missing link to getting better care and services overall.

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Our Unhealthy Hero Complex

November 3, 2009May 25, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 931 Views complexity, education, health care, health promotion, public health, social determinants of health, systems thinking

Is our use of the term ‘hero’ in the context of health care doing us more harm than good? What if we stood back and look at what that term means in light of true population and public and public health? We might change our tune.