Lessons from Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment Adherence in Parenting Programs: An Application to SMS

A growing literature shows how insights from behavioral economics can be successfully adopted in simple interventions through SMS or other types of low-cost communications. In this short, note we provide concrete basic guidelines to design behaviorally informed messages, based on theory and our own experience. We provide examples applied to parenting interventions.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Nicolás Ajzenman
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Mobile Phone System, Child Development, Behavioral Economics, Parenting Intervention, I38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs, D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving, J38 - Public Policy, I15 - Health and Economic Development, D90 - Intertemporal Choice: General,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001981
https://publications.iadb.org/en/lessons-behavioral-economics-improve-treatment-adherence-parenting-programs-application-sms
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