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lationhealth / about . html ), 77 % of the over 800 people who registered for the conference ranked training in systems science techniques as a high priority . Providing opportunities for such training will help build a workforce that can both carry out such analyses with a SDOH lens , and evaluate the products of such work . Acceptance of any new approach requires the development of best practices , being clear about the limitations of such approaches , and a certain amount of risk-taking by both the users of such techniques and reviewers . Because the assumptions and best practices in the use of new techniques have not become institutionalized , there will be requests for documentation , sensitivity , and model validation that extend far beyond what is normally required . Above all , the path will be smoothed by the development of simulation models that address important problems , are convincing , and provide new insights .
Returning to our original question motivated by the Occam and Einstein —“ how complex do we need things to be ?”— it seems clear that a consideration of the SDOH leads us to systems with considerable complexity and dynamics , where the usual search for the independent causes that may be manipulated experimentally may ignore critically important features of the systems , and where ��������� simulation of the behavior of such systems holds great promise . For the promise to be realized will likely require increased training and funding opportunities , the formation of interdisciplinary centers of excellence that include SDOH scholars and complex systems scholars , and a willingness of editors and reviewers to move outside of the comfort zone inherited from Occam .
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