Van Malderen, Carine
[UCL]
Deconinck, Hedwig
[UCL]
Speybroeck, Niko
[UCL]
Chiêm, Jean-Christophe
[UCL]
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.
Bibliographic reference |
Van Malderen, Carine ; Deconinck, Hedwig ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Chiêm, Jean-Christophe. Agent-based modelling for rethinking the socioeconomic determinants of child health in sub-Saharan Africa .International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care (Bergeggi, du 21/09/2015 au 23/09/2015). In: Bruzzone, Frascio, Longo, Merkuryev, Novak, Rozenblit Eds, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Health Care, 2015, 2015, p. 23-32 |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/166587 |