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

• Published in: Risk analysis Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 2020 - 2031
• Main Authors: Durham, David P., Casman, Elizabeth A., Albert, Steven M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...