Incorporating individual health-protective decisions into disease transmission models: A mathematical framework

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 68, 2012, Pages 562-570

  Durham, David P ^a,b   Casman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Behavioural modelling; Epidemiological modelling; Health belief model

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HEALTH;

AGENT BASED; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; BEHAVIOURAL MODELLING; DECISION ALGORITHMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELLING; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HONG-KONG; INDIVIDUAL AGENT; INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SARS EPIDEMICS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALIBRATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84856943773     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0325     Document Type: Article

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