Deriving Behavior Model Parameters from Survey Data: Self-Protective Behavior Adoption During the 2009-2010 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic

In this paper, we demonstrate how public opinion surveys can be designed to collect information pertinent to computational behavior modeling, and we present the results of a public opinion and behavior survey conducted during the 2009–2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The results are used to parameteriz...

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Published inRisk analysis Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 2020 - 2031
Main Authors Durham, David P., Casman, Elizabeth A., Albert, Steven M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2012
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Analysis
Behavior
Behavior change
Changes
Communicable diseases
Computational methods
Crowds
Data Collection
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
H1N1
Health
Health Behavior
Health Belief Model
Health policy
Humans
Infectious diseases
Influenza
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification
Influenza, Human - prevention & control
Influenza, Human - virology
mathematical modeling
Mathematical models
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
opinion survey
Pandemics
Polls & surveys
Public health
Public opinion
Public opinion surveys
Risk assessment
Risk theory
Studies
Surveys
Swine flu
Vaccination and vaccines
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Summary:In this paper, we demonstrate how public opinion surveys can be designed to collect information pertinent to computational behavior modeling, and we present the results of a public opinion and behavior survey conducted during the 2009–2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The results are used to parameterize the Health Belief Model of individual health‐protective decision making. Survey subjects were asked questions about their perceptions of the then‐circulating influenza and attitudes towards two personal protective behaviors: vaccination and avoidance of crowds. We empirically address two important issues in applying the Health Belief Model of behavior to computational infectious disease simulation: (1) the factors dynamically influencing the states of the Health Belief Model variables and (2) the appropriateness of the Health Belief Model in describing self‐protective behavior in the context of pandemic influenza.
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ISSN:0272-4332
1539-6924
1539-6924
DOI:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01823.x