Changing systems by changing individuals: the incubation approach to systems change |
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Authors: | Susan L. Staggs Marlita L. White Paul A. Schewe Erica B. Davis Ebony M. Dill |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology (MC 285), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL USA, 60607;(2) Office of Violence Prevention, Chicago Department of Public Health, 333 South State Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60604, USA |
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Abstract: | This article describes and evaluates the implementation of an innovative approach to systems change, the incubation approach, which was developed on a systems change project designed to increase the capacity of multiple systems (e.g., law enforcement, child protection, domestic violence, mental health, early education) to respond to children’s exposure to violence. The incubation approach encourages change agents to collaborate with project staff to gently nurture, or “incubate,” feasible and warranted change in target systems. Project staff gain concrete commitment from motivated and accessible change agents and collaborate with those agents to implement change actions. This approach works well with committed, executive-level change agents in target systems, with stable systems that have low turnover and well-integrated subsystems, and when seed funds are provided to key organizations. |
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Keywords: | Children’ s exposure to violence Systems change Intervention theory Intervention method Non-profit organizations |
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