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Kenneth McLeroy, PhD, Editor

Public Health Matters, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M System Health Science Center, College Station, Tex

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I feel extremely fortunate to have worked on this issue with Scott J. Leischow and Bobby Milstein, who have been indefatigable in their efforts to conceptualize the theme, recruit authors, and represent the importance of systems thinking and its potential applications in public health. This issue represents one of the goals of the Journal department Public Health Matters: to provide new and critical ways of framing public health and public health concerns, with particular emphasis on the social and behavioral sciences. New ways of framing public health may increase our understanding, expand our options for interventions, and increase our effectiveness. . . . [Full Text]