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Stefan Wojcik¹, Avleen S Bijral², Richard Johnston²

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|January 9, 2021

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This study integrates digital behavior, real-world data, and human computation to track Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) prevalence. The novel approach improves tracking accuracy using search engine data, outperforming existing benchmarks.

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Area of Science:

Computational Social Science
Epidemiology
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Digital trace data offers insights into human behavior but lacks experiential context.
Current methods often underutilize human cognitive abilities (human computation).
Tracking public health trends like Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) using digital data presents challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate how behavioral research and human computation can enhance studies using digital data streams.
To develop an improved model for tracking ILI prevalence using search engine data.
To explore the potential of integrating digital and real-world behavior for public health surveillance.

Main Methods:

Constructed a behavioral model of flu-related search queries using linked survey and browsing data.
Employed human computation for the classification of search strings.
Developed a tracking model for ILI prevalence based on enhanced search data analysis.

Main Results:

The developed ILI tracking model significantly outperforms established historical benchmarks.
The model effectively utilizes limited search data streams for accurate prevalence tracking.
The approach demonstrates suitability for tracking ILI in smaller geographic regions.

Conclusions:

Integrating behavioral research, digital data, and human computation offers a powerful method for public health surveillance.
The described methodology can improve the accuracy and granularity of tracking various real-time phenomena.
This approach holds potential for near real-time tracking of a wide range of public health indicators.