부산대학교 도서관

We describe the development and application of a model that simulates the impact of CommunityRx, an information-based health intervention, on the utilization of community-based resources. The model includes a synthetic population of agents matching the sociodemographic characteristics of the South Side of Chicago, along with their activities and behaviors. We simulate the information-based intervention and model agent decision-making about using community resources to maintain health, based on a dynamic dosing of information about community resources, gained through interactions and experience. Through in silico experiments, our model aims to demonstrate the flow and spread of information from primary agents to others in the community, and through these dynamic interactions, the impact of an individual-level information intervention on resource utilization.