Preventing dengue through mobile phones: Evidence from a field experiment in Peru

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-161

  Dammert, Ana C ^a,b   Galdo, Jose C ^a,b   Galdo, Virgilio ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue; E Health; Experimental design; Framing; Peru

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AEDES; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BRETEAU INDEX; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; MONEY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TEXT MESSAGING; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

PERU;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERU; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXT MESSAGING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84896940596     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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