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100	1		_aHaushofer, Johannes.
245	1	0	_aCan Simple Psychological Interventions Increase Preventive Health Investment? / _cJohannes Haushofer, Anett John, Kate Orkin.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w25731
500			_aApril 2019.
520	3		_aBehavioral constraints may explain part of low demand for preventive health products. We test the effects of two light-touch psychological interventions on water chlorination and related health and economic outcomes using a randomized controlled trial among 3750 women in rural Kenya. One intervention encourages participants to visualize alternative realizations of the future; one builds participants' ability to make concrete plans. Both interventions include information on health benefits of chlorination. After twelve weeks, both interventions increase the share of households who chlorinate drinking water and reduce child diarrhea episodes. Analysis of mechanisms suggests both interventions increase self-efficacy--beliefs about one's ability to achieve desired outcomes--as well as the salience of chlorination. They do not differentially affect beliefs and knowledge about chlorination (compared to a group who receive only information), nor affect lab measures of time preferences or planning ability. Results suggest simple psychological interventions can increase use of preventive health technologies.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aD91 - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI12 - Health Behavior _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aJohn, Anett.
700	1		_aOrkin, Kate.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w25731.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w25731
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25731
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