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Adaptive human behavior in epidemiological models.

Eli P Fenichel1, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, M G Ceddia

  • 1School of Life Sciences and ecoSERVICES Group, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA. Eli.Fenichel@asu.edu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|March 30, 2011
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Understanding human behavior is key to managing infectious disease epidemics. Explicitly modeling the trade-offs people make between social contact benefits and disease risk significantly alters epidemic predictions and social distancing policy effectiveness.

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Published on: April 23, 2015

Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Public Health Policy

Background:

  • Infectious disease management is evolving, with a growing reliance on public policy to influence behavior.
  • Social distancing policies aim to reduce person-to-person contacts, a primary driver of disease transmission.
  • Current epidemiological models often implicitly incorporate adaptive behavior, complicating analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explicitly model the cost-benefit trade-offs influencing person-to-person contact decisions.
  • To assess the impact of adaptive human behavior on epidemic dynamics.
  • To inform the development of more effective social distancing policies.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an integrated epidemiological-economic model.
  • Explicit incorporation of individual cost-benefit analyses for social contacts.
  • Simulation of epidemic trajectories under varying behavioral assumptions.

Main Results:

  • Including adaptive behavior significantly alters predicted epidemic trajectories.
  • Behavioral trade-offs have substantial implications for parameter estimation and interpretation in epidemiological models.
  • The findings highlight the need to account for adaptive behavior in social distancing policy design.

Conclusions:

  • Adaptive human behavior is a critical factor in infectious disease dynamics.
  • Epidemiological models must explicitly incorporate behavioral trade-offs for accurate predictions.
  • Rethinking epidemiological processes and parameters is necessary to acknowledge adaptive behavior.