Information and Communication Technologies, Prenatal Care Services and Neonatal Health
We evaluate the effectiveness of sending text messages to pregnant women containing appointment reminders and suggestions for healthy behaviors during pregnancy. Receiving messages had an overall positive effect of 5 percent on the number of prenatal care visits attended. Moreover, for women who live close to their assigned health center and who have higher educational attainment, the intervention positively affected vitamin intake compliance, APGAR scores, and birth weight. Evidence suggests that reminders are more effective among those who are more able to understand the future benefits of preventive care (more educated) and who face lower transaction costs of going to prenatal care checkups (located near health centers). No evidence of geographical spillover effects was found.
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| Format: | Working Papers biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | E-Health, Human Health, Health Care Service, Impact Evaluation, I10 - Health: General, O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, experimental design;electronic medical records;Pregnancy;e-Health;WAWARED;Peru;health center;prenatal controls, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011695 https://publications.iadb.org/en/information-and-communication-technologies-prenatal-care-services-and-neonatal-health |
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