Abstract
This study uses simulation over real and artificial networks to compare the eventual adoption outcomes of network interventions, operationalised as idealised contagion processes with different sets of seeds. While the performance depends on the details of both the network and behaviour adoption mechanism, interventions with seeds that are central to the network are more effective than random selection in the majority of simulations, with faster or more complete adoption throughout the network. These results provide additional theoretical justification for utilizing relevant network information in the design of public health behaviour interventions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-280 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Network Science |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 16 May 2018 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Network interventions
- agent-based modelling
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- Simulating network intervention strategies: Implications for adoption of behaviour
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