01638nas a2200169   4500008004100000020001400041245011100055210006900166260001500235300000900250490000700259520107600266100001901342700002701361700003401388856004601422       2022                        eng d  a0218-339000aA behavioral change model to assess vaccination-induced relaxation of social distancing during an epidemic0 abehavioral change model to assess vaccinationinduced relaxation   c2022/03/01  a1-250 v303 a<p>The success of mass vaccination campaigns may be jeopardized by human risky behaviors. For example, high level of vaccination coverage may induce early relaxation of social distancing. In this paper, we focus on the mutual influence between the decline in prevalence, due to the rise in the overall immunization coverage, and the consequent decrease in the compliance to social distancing measures. We consider an epidemic model where both the vaccination rate and the disease transmission rate are influenced by human behavior, which in turn depends on the current and past information about the spread of the disease. We highlight the impact of the information-related parameters on the transient and asymptotic behavior of the system that is on the early stage of the epidemic and its final outcome. Among the main results, we evidence that sustained oscillations may be triggered by the behavioral memory in the prevalence-dependent vaccination rate. However, the relaxation of social distancing may induce a switch from a cyclic regime to damped oscillations.</p>1 aBuonomo, Bruno1 aMarca, Rossella, Della1 aSharbayta, Sileshi, Sintayehu  uhttps://doi.org/10.1142/S0218339022500085