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To promote adoption of household health technologies, think beyond health

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  • Thurber, M.C.
  • Warner, C.
  • Platt, L.
  • Slaski, A.
  • Gupta, R.
  • Miller, G.

Abstract

Health risks from poor malaria control, unsafe water, and indoor air pollution are responsible for an important share of the global disease burden - and they can be addressed by efficacious household health technologies that have existed for decades. However, coverage rates of these products among populations at risk remain disappointingly low. We conducted a review of the medical and public health literatures and found that health considerations alone are rarely sufficient motivation for households to adopt and use these technologies. In light of these findings, we argue that health education and persuasion campaigns by themselves are unlikely to be adequate. Instead, health policymakers and professionals must understand what users value beyond health and possibly reengineer health technologies with these concerns in mind.

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  • Thurber, M.C. & Warner, C. & Platt, L. & Slaski, A. & Gupta, R. & Miller, G., 2013. "To promote adoption of household health technologies, think beyond health," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(10), pages 1736-1740.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301367_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301367
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    3. Jennyfer Wolf & Daniel Mäusezahl & Hector Verastegui & Stella M. Hartinger, 2017. "Adoption of Clean Cookstoves after Improved Solid Fuel Stove Programme Exposure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three Peruvian Andean Regions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-12, July.
    4. Pan, Yao & Singhal, Saurabh, 2019. "Agricultural extension, intra-household allocation and malaria," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 157-170.
    5. Alexandra K. Shannon & Faraz Usmani & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Marc Jeuland, 2019. "The Price of Purity: Willingness to Pay for Air and Water Purification Technologies in Rajasthan, India," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 73(4), pages 1073-1100, August.

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