malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …

. -- malaria ; bed nets ; indoor residual spray ; information ; beliefs ; behavior ; crowding out ; health ; developing countries … malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …

This paper examines the existence of social interactions in malaria preventive behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa, i … population groups which are the most vulnerable to malaria (children under 5 and pregnant women) and on two preventive behaviors … results indicate that social interactions are important in malaria preventive behaviors, since the social multipliers for …

information about the importance of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. The provider training increased provider reliance … match their true malaria status. The patient information intervention did not affect treatment outcomes or patient … satisfaction and reduced malaria testing. These findings are consistent with highly persistent patient beliefs that translate into …

We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in … preferences and beliefs explain compliance differences by gender, only preferences drive differences by vulnerability. When others … vulnerables more. When a public figure breaches the rules, opponents comply less. Heterogenous beliefs, preferences, and responses …

This study investigates the religious and other beliefs related to the corona/COVID-19 pandemic and how they are … related to covid risk perceptions, trust in COVID vaccines, and how these are affected by the religious beliefs, religious … subjects. The study revealed five religious beliefs associated with the pandemic and one non-religious belief that vaccination …