Essays about: "Epidemiological approach"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Epidemiological approach.

  1. 1. Approximate Bayesian Computation for Data-Driven Epidemiological Models

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Christoph Nötzli; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Epidemiological models can help us to understand the spread of pathogens in a population. Fitting these mathematical models to epidemiological data can be a difficult task due to uncertain or missing data. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effect of Culture on the Age at First Birth

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Agnes Erlandsson; Ida Nordenadler; [2022]
    Keywords : culture; age at first birth; transmission of attitudes; tempo of fertility;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we investigate the potential effect of culture on the age at first birth. During the past decade, the age at first birth in Europe has steadily increased to an unprecedented level. Being one of the main factors behind decreasing fertility rates, this is of interest for the dangers following an aging population. READ MORE

  4. 3. Revisiting corruption and social trust: an epidemiological approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jack Watson; Alexander Håkansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Social trust; Corruption; Second-generation immigrants; Epidemiological approach; Cultural transmission;

    Abstract : This paper empirically examines how corruption in the country of origin of second-generation immigrants residing in Europe affects their social trust. The paper follows an epidemiological approach using corruption as a proxy for culture and several time-fixed effects regressions to identify how differences in corruption can explain discrepancies in social trust. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Community-Centered Solution to a Pandemic : Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Co-Production of Knowledge in Health Emergencies and Infodemic Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Antonio Palazuelos Prieto; [2021]
    Keywords : Risk Communication; Community Engagement; Co-production of knowledge; Public health emergencies; Infodemic; Outbreak response; Disinformation; Misinformation; Rumor management; Covid-19; Development Communication;

    Abstract : This research explores how community-centered solutions facilitate the success and ownership of the response actions to deal with a public health emergency, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. When an outbreak or a hazard impacts a group of people, there is a strong need for communication in order to be able to access to the right information that takes people to make the correct decision and thus to take a protective action to be safe. READ MORE

  6. 5. Politics, human values and climate change: Investigating the determinants of climate change perceptions in Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alva Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate change perceptions Political orientation Human values Epidemiological approach; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically investigates the determinants of climate change perceptions across Europe, focusing on how political orientation and human values affect attribution- and trend belief, perceived impacts of climate change and climate concern. Previous studies in this field of research have ignored the risk of reverse causality, which is addressed in this paper by conducting the epidemiological method. READ MORE