Proposal for a Simulation Model to Visualize the Risk of Contact Virus for Students in Elementary Schools

Abstract

With the continuing threat of infectious diseases, it is important to visualize the risk of exposure to pathogens and the effects of hygiene behaviors in living situations for people's proper hygiene habits. Focusing on schools where many people gather, we estimate the risk of contact with the virus among students in order to reduce the risk of infection as a public space. A behavioral survey of students in the school is conducted to construct a simulation model. Targeting 4th grade elementary school students with consent, videos are taken with cameras installed in classrooms and corridors, and their behaviors are analyzed mainly before and after class and during breaks. It is found that the virus spreads widely in the classroom by calculating the transmission of the virus through hands from the movement history of the students and the order in which they touched the items. Analysis of communication between students reveals the existence of networks among students. We report a newly constructed simulation behavioral decision model that incorporates these findings.