Agent-based modelling for rethinking the socioeconomic determinants of child health in sub-Saharan Africa
(2015) International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care — Location: Bergeggi (21.September.2015)
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- Socioeconomic factors play distal roles in shaping populations’ health. In sub-Saharan Africa, these structural health determinants are strongly associated with intermediate determinants of under-5 mortality such as lifestyle factors, health seeking behaviour, or exposure to a health threat. The aim of the study was to use simulation tools for rethinking the dynamics between socioeconomic factors, preventive health measures, and child health. An agent-based model was developed, consisting of rules and equations based on data from four Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in sub-Saharan countries. The model, visualizing the impact of different factors and complex effects, enhanced the understanding and debate on causal pathways of socioeconomic inequalities in under-5 mortality.
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Van Malderen, C., Deconinck, H., Speybroeck, N., & Chiêm, J.-C. (2015). Agent-based modelling for rethinking the socioeconomic determinants of child health in sub-Saharan Africa. In Bruzzone, Frascio, Longo, Merkuryev, Novak, Rozenblit Eds (ed.), Proceedings of the International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care, 2015 (p. p. 23-32). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/45622