Arbeitspapier

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-598

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health: General
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Thema
WAWARED
Peru
e-Health
Pregnancy
Experimental Design

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Beuermann, Diether W.
Anta, Rafael
Garcia, Patricia
Maffioli, Alessandro
Perez Lu, Jose
Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
(wo)
Washington, DC
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Beuermann, Diether W.
  • Anta, Rafael
  • Garcia, Patricia
  • Maffioli, Alessandro
  • Perez Lu, Jose
  • Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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