family's health, nutrition, and finances. However, this does not increase overall adoption of health-promoting behaviors or … use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a communication training program for mothers on child health in … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the …

when the global burden of mental health illness is also on the rise. We examine the causal impact of early life exposure to … warfare on long-term mental health, using novel data on the amount of bombs dropped in German cities by Allied Air Forces … significantly worse mental health later in life when they are between ages late 50s and 70s. Specifically, an increase of one …

health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure …

Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax …-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition …. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for health care, as post-treatment out-of-pocket payments to providers …

Mental health disorders account for a significant share of the overall global disease burden. The economic losses from … shocks. We test whether improved communication can mitigate such mental health disorders. Partnering with a major … communication credit to low-income adults is a cost-effective policy for improving mental health. Communication - the ability to …

did not affect other health-seeking behavior of mothers. The results illustrate the potential spillover effects of …

Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate …