ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2019
Depression and alcohol misuse among older adults: exploring mechanisms and policy impacts using agent-based modelling.
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- Guidance on the use of complex systems models for economic evaluations of public health interventions.Health economics · 2023Review
- Can Social Norms Explain Long-Term Trends in Alcohol Use? Insights from Inverse Generative Social Science.Journal of artificial societies and social simulation : JASSS · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Improving Access on Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in a Rural Community in Texas: A Modeling Study.Health equity · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeTo: (1) explore how multi-level factors impact the longitudinal prevalence of depression and alcohol misuse among urban older adults (≥ 65 years), and (2) simulate the impact of alcohol taxation policies and targeted interventions that increase social connectedness among excessive drinkers, socially isolated and depressed older adults; both alone and in combination.
methodsAn agent-based model was developed to explore the temporal co-evolution of depression and alcohol misuse prevalence among older adults nested in a spatial network. The model was based on Los Angeles and calibrated longitudinally using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
resultsInterventions with a social component targeting depressed and socially isolated older adults appeared more effective in curbing depression prevalence than those focused on excessive drinkers. Targeting had similar impacts on alcohol misuse, though the effects were marginal compared to those on depression. Alcohol taxation alone had little impact on either depression or alcohol misuse trajectories.
conclusionsInterventions that improve social connectedness may reduce the prevalence of depression among older adults. Targeting considerations could play an important role in determining the success of such efforts.
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