Social, mobility and contact networks in shaping health behaviours and infectious disease dynamics: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The interconnectedness of human society in this modern world can transform localised outbreaks into global pandemics, underscoring the pivotal roles of social, mobility and contact networks in shaping infectious disease dynamics. Although these networks share analogous contagion principles, they are often studied in isolation, hindering the incorporation of behavioural, informational, and epidemiological processes into disease models. This review synthesises current research on the interplay between social, mobility and contact networks in health behaviour contagion and infectious disease transmission.

Methods

We searched Web-of-Science and PubMed from January 2000 to June 2025 for research on health behaviour contagion and information dissemination in social netw

SUBMITTER: Cheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673763 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature