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ReviewNature human behaviour2021

A review and agenda for integrated disease models including social and behavioural factors.

Jamie Bedson, Laura A Skrip, Danielle Pedi, Sharon Abramowitz, Simone Carter, Mohamed F Jalloh, Sebastian Funk, Nina Gobat, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Gerardo Chowell and 8 more

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Review in Nature human behaviour, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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82citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Jamie Bedson *Independent Consultant, Seattle, WA, USA.
Laura A Skrip *Institute for Disease Modeling, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Danielle PediBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sharon AbramowitzIndependent Consultant, Isle la Motte, VT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3671-8842
Simone CarterSocial Science Analytics Cell, UNICEF, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3818-3538
Mohamed F JallohKarolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sebastian FunkCentre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease Dynamics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-3406
Nina GobatUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-557X
Tamara Giles-VernickInstitut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-8544
Gerardo ChowellPopulation Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
João Rangel de AlmeidaWellcome Trust, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-7942
Rania ElessawiUNICEF C4D, New York, NY, USA.
Samuel V ScarpinoNetwork Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Ross A HammondSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Sylvie BriandWorld Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Joshua M EpsteinSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Laurent Hébert-DufresneVermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-3673
Benjamin M AlthouseInstitute for Disease Modeling, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA. balthouse@idmod.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-654X

Funding

Wellcome Trust 210758/Z/18/ZWorld Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social and behavioural factors are critical to the emergence, spread and containment of human disease, and are key determinants of the course, duration and outcomes of disease outbreaks. Recent epidemics of Ebola in West Africa and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) globally have reinforced the importance of developing infectious disease models that better integrate social and behavioural dynamics and theories. Meanwhile, the growth in capacity, coordination and prioritization of social science research and of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) practice within the current pandemic response provides an opportunity for collaboration among epidemiological modellers, social scientists and RCCE practitioners towards a mutually beneficial research and practice agenda. Here, we provide a review of the current modelling methodologies and describe the challenges and opportunities for integrating them with social science research and RCCE practice. Finally, we set out an agenda for advancing transdisciplinary collaboration for integrated disease modelling and for more robust policy and practice for reducing disease transmission.

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Health BehaviorCOVID-19Developing CountriesDisease OutbreaksHealth PolicyHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansPrimary Prevention

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