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Demand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Change: Evidence from Sonargaon, Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorTarozzi, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorMaertens, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Kazi Matin
dc.contributor.authorvan Geen, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T16:41:04Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T16:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-25
dc.description.abstractMillions of villagers in Bangladesh are exposed to arsenic by drinking contaminated water from private wells. Testing for arsenic can encourage switching from unsafe wells to safer sources. This study describes results from a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in 112 villages in Bangladesh to evaluate the effectiveness of different test selling schemes at inducing switching from unsafe wells. At a price of about US0.60, only one in four households purchased a test. Sales were not increased by informal inter-household agreements to share water from wells found to be safe, or by visual reminders of well status in the form of metal placards mounted on the well pump. However, switching away from unsafe wells almost doubled in response to agreements or placards relative to the one in three proportion of households that switched away from an unsafe well with simple individual sales.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40872
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X online
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 print
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40872
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsto CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectARSENIC
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK
dc.subjectUNSAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectWELL WATER CONTAMINATION
dc.subjectINFLUENCING HEALTH DECISIONS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
dc.subjectSDG 3
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
dc.subjectSDG 6
dc.titleDemand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Changeen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Sonargaon, Bangladeshen
dc.typeJournal article
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okr.crossref.titleDemand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Change: Evidence from Sonargaon, Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2020-05-25
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.docurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/467691585057822017/demand-for-information-on-environmental-health-risk-mode-of-delivery-and-behavioral-change-evidence-from-sonargaon-bangladesh
okr.guid467691585057822017
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhaa009
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40872
okr.identifier.reportWPS9194
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber764–792
okr.peerreviewAcademic peer review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicSocial Development::Psychology
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Strategy
okr.volume35 (3)
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