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Increasing the take-up of public health services: An experiment on nudges and digital tools in Uruguay
Cuesta, Ana; Delgado, Lucia; Gallegos, Sebastián; … - 2021
prevention service: cervical cancer screening. We implemented an at-scale field experiment in Uruguay, randomly encouraging women …
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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540586
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823823
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Habit formation and rational addiction : a field experiment in handwashing
Hussam, Reshmaan; Rabbani, Atonu; Reggiani, Giovanni; … - 2017
We test the main predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing. To track habit formation, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing some households about a future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901842
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846799
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Nudging the trendsetters: Increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014563905
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Promoting breast cancer screening take-ups with zero cost : evidence from an experiment on formatting invitation letters in Italy
Bertoni, Marco; Corazzini, Luca; Robone, Silvana - 2019
(restricted or enhanced information) and the framing (gain or loss framing) of the invitation letter to the breast cancer …We ran a randomized field experiment to ascertain whether a costless manipulation of the informational content … screening program in Messina, Italy, affects the take-up rate. We show that giving enhanced loss-framed information about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988539
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The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: a randomized experiment in Indonesia
Marcus, Maja E.; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Vollmer, … - 2021
While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605008
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The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake : a randomized experiment in Indonesia
Marcus, Maja E.; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Vollmer, … - 2021
While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330694
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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023
We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive … health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487340