Research Article

Modelling the Influence of Awareness Programs by Media on the Drinking Dynamics

Table 1

Description and estimation of parameters.

Recruitment rate of the population0.25 year−1[10]
Transmission coefficient0.3 year−1[10]
Dissemination rate of aware individuals0.02 year−1estimate
Rate of transfer of aware individuals to susceptible class0.001 year−1estimate
The fraction of go in to treatmentVariableVariable
The fraction of who relapse into 0.8 year−1[10]
Growth rate of density of awareness programs0.05 year−1[28]
Depletion rate of awareness programs0.05 year−1estimate