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Alternative Title:
Risk Anal
Personal Author:
Durham, David P. ; Casman, Elizabeth A. ; Albert, Steven M.
Durham, David P. ; Casman, Elizabeth A. ; Albert, Steven M. Less -
Description:
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.
Subject:
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Adult
Aged
Article
Data Collection
Disease Outbreaks
Health Behavior
Humans
Influenza, Human
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical

Source:
Risk Anal. 32(12):2020-2031
Pubmed ID:
22563796
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3755610
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
P01 TP000304/TP/OPHPR CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM088491/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; U54GM088491/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
P01 TP000304/TP/OPHPR CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM088491/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; U54GM088491/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:99e23fad92d6f4fb3ea0292c15cd1d56a15539e531bbedfa916c72fb561bc75e
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