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

Dammert, Ana C.; Galdo, Jose; Galdo, Virgilio

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.02.002

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“…By providing the first experimental evidence on the role of mobile phone technologies in connecting workers to jobs, we contribute to the understanding of how the new 'information economy' (Freeman 2002) is shaping new labor-market institutions in developing countries. Our findings contribute to an emerging body of work that reports how mobile phone services have brought new possibilities for economic development in agriculture (e.g., Aker andFafchamps 2013, Goyal 2010), health (e.g., Dammert et al 2014, Pop-Eleches et al 2011, financial (e.g., Karlan et al 2010), and fishing markets (e.g., Jensen 2007).…”

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Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design

Dammert

Galdo

2015

IZA J Labor Develop

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This study investigates the causal impacts of integrating mobile phone technologies into traditional public labor-market intermediation services on employment outcomes. By providing faster, cheaper and up-to-date information on job vacancies via SMS, mobile phone technologies might affect the rate at which offers arrive as well as the probability of receiving a job offer. We implement a social experiment with multiple treatments that allows us to investigate both the role of information channels (digital versus non-digital) and information sets (restricted [public] versus unrestricted [public/private]). The results show positive and significant short-term effects on employment for public labor-market intermediation. While the impacts from traditional labor-market intermediation are not large enough to be statistically significant, the unrestricted digital treatment group shows statistically significant short-term employment effects. As for potential matching efficiency gains, the results suggest no statistically significant effects associated with either information channels or information sets. JEL classification codes: I3, J2

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Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design

Dammert

Galdo

2015

IZA J Labor Develop

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“…This study found that repeated exposure to health information helped control the household risk factors for DF. The study also reported marginally significant effects of the program on self-reported dengue symptoms [30].…”

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The epidemiology of Dengue fever in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review

Alhaeli

Bahkali

Alı̀

et al. 2016

Journal of Infection and Public Health

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Dengue fever (DF) is the most serious mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. DF is an acute febrile illness caused by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which are endemic in certain cities of Saudi Arabia, such as Jeddah and Makkah (Mecca). An online literature search was conducted using relevant keywords to retrieve DF studies conducted in Saudi Arabia. Forty-five articles were identified initially. After screening for exclusion and retrieving full texts, a total of 10 articles were used for this review. Four studies were cross-sectional, and three observed a seroprevalence ranging from 31.7% to 56.9%, either among clinically suspected cases or among patients visiting the hospital for other reasons. Evidence extracted from risk factors and distribution studies indicated that young males are commonly affected. Fever, vomiting, thrombocytopenia and leukopoenia were the common features of the three studies related to clinical presentation of DF. One cross-sectional study concerning an educational program for DF demonstrated that a positive family history of DF, literate mothers, and age over 17 years were the predictors of a high DF knowledge score. However, the paucity of large epidemiological studies limits the generalizability of such evidence. Future studies in Saudi Arabia should focus upon the expansion of DF to other cities in the Kingdom. Larger epidemiological studies are needed for estimating the true burden and incidence of DF in the Saudi population, as they are limited to seroprevalence among clinically suspected cases and hospital-based patients.

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“…Collecting health data (8)(9)(10), increasing access to health knowledge (11)(12)(13)(14), promoting provider quality (15)(16)(17), and increasing medication/appointment adherence (18)(19)(20) are a few ways in which mobile phones have successfully been used in developing countries to support health. In addition, rigorous evaluations have demonstrated mobile phone messages to be successful in supporting preventative healthcare (8,14,18,21,22) such as chronic disease prevention in Seychelles (23). Findings also support the transfer of face-to-face health behavior change technologies unto mobile phones in developed countries (24).…”

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Mobile phone use among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: an observation study

Brody¹,

Tatomir²,

Tuot³

et al. 2017

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Background: Text or voice messages containing health behavior change content may be an inexpensive, discreet, sustainable and scalable way to reach populations at high risk for HIV. In Cambodia, one of the important high-risk populations is female entertainment workers (FEWs). This ethnographic study aims to explore typical phone use, examining patterns and behaviors that may influence the design of future mHealth interventions. Methods:The study consisted of one 8-hour non-participant observation session for 15 randomly sampled Results: In this ethnographic study, all 15 participants made calls, checked the time and received researchrelated texts. More than half (n=8) of the participants engaged in texting to a non-research recipient. About half (n=7) went on Facebook (FB) and some (n=5) listened to music and looked at their FB newsfeed. Fewer played a mobile game, posted a photo to FB, went on YouTube, used FB chat/messenger, watched a video on FB, played a game on FB, used FB call/voice chat, looked at their phone's background or used the LINE app. Fewer still shared their phones, left them unattended, added airtime or changed their SIM cards.When participants received a research text message, most did not share the text message with anyone, did not ask for help deciphering the message and did not receive help composing a response. Notable themes from observer notes, HIV outreach workers and researchers include reasons why phone calls were the most frequent mode of communication, examples of how cell phone company text messages are used as a form of behavior change, literacy as a persistent barrier for some FEWs, and FEWs' high interest in receiving health-related messages and less concern about privacy and phone-sharing issues than expected.Conclusions: This study suggests texting is a part of normal phone use although not as frequently used as voice calls or Facebook. Despite the less frequent use, FEWs were able to send and receive messages, were interested in health messages and were not overly concerned about privacy issues. Texting and voice messaging may be useful tools for health behavior change within the FEW population in Cambodia.

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

Cited by 49 publications

References 35 publications

Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design

Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design

The epidemiology of Dengue fever in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review

Mobile phone use among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: an observation study

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