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US Health Care Delivery Initiative The Abdul Latif Jameel …

WebPhoto: Shutterstock.com. J-PAL North America’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI) supports randomized evaluations of strategies that aim to make health care delivery in …

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Health Care Hotspotting in the United States

WebRapidly rising health care costs in the United States have generated interest in identifying effective ways to improve the quality of care delivery and reduce waste within the health …

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Health The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

WebImproving mental health in low- and middle-income settings: Key findings from rigorous research. Mental health conditions are prevalent worldwide, especially among people …

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Improving learning outcomes through school-based …

WebAround the world, learning levels remain low and therefore a priority area for improvement. A key barrier to participation and learning in school is student health, especially in low- and …

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Designing information campaigns to increase adoption of …

WebAccurate information can help people determine which behaviors lead to improved health outcomes, but information alone is not necessarily sufficient to motivate adoption of …

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Information to Increase Insurance Take-up and Reduce …

WebResearchers studied the impact of reminder letters addressing possible barriers related to information and behavior on insurance take-up, as well as their impact on health …

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The role of health economics in addressing poverty and …

WebJ-PAL staff sat down with Matt Notowidigdo (University of Chicago), Co-Scientific Director of J-PAL North America, and Tal Gross (Boston University) to examine …

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Evaluating the Impact of Moving to Opportunity in the …

WebA long history of research has shown that people who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods fare poorly on important life outcomes, such as income, education, health, and criminal …

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The Impact of a Workplace Wellness Program in Illinois

WebResearchers evaluated the effects of a large-scale workplace wellness program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on employee health beliefs, health …

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Improving mental health in low- and middle-income …

WebMental health conditions are prevalent worldwide, especially among people living in poverty. In 2017, an estimated 10.7 percent of the global population had at least …

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The Impact of PROGRESA on Health in Mexico

WebThis result is further confirmed by the results from the household survey, which suggest that PROGRESA increased utilization of public clinics by 53 percent. Impact on child health: …

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An Entrepreneurial Model of Community Health Delivery in Uganda

WebIn 2017, 5.4 million children under the age of five died worldwide, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Many of these deaths could have been avoided with simple …

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Evaluations The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

WebVincent Pons. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to look at the effect of private connections in a setting where most households already had access to high …

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Training Informal Healthcare Providers to Improve the Quality of …

WebUntrained healthcare providers reportedly provide more than 70 percent of primary care in India. The high number of informal providers is largely a response to the lack of trained …

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Randomized Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in South …

WebResearchers are evaluating the impact of an intensive nurse home visiting program for low-income mothers on pregnancy and birth outcomes, child health and development, and …

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What’s Behind Her Smile

Weband 30 p:p:in the second follow-up.2 On the other hand, objective evaluations of dental health improved signi cantly among lottery winners. They have 1:2 fewer teeth with …

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Preventing crime and violence with behavior change techniques

WebCrime and violence prevention programs that draw on behavior change techniques to address cognitive biases in decision-making have been effective in reducing criminal, …

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Psychosocial Support to Improve Mental Health and Child …

WebAs of 2022, over 100 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to conflict, violence, human right violations, and persecution. 1 Among the forcibly displaced were …

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Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in …

WebIn northern Nigeria, researchers evaluated the impact of three community-based interventions designed to enhance uptake of maternal and child health services: a …

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