| Literature DB >> 2872440 |
B P Loevinsohn, M E Loevinsohn.
Abstract
To improve attendance at mobile clinics for children food incentives were offered to attenders in a rural municipality in northern Nicaragua. Clinic attendance in villages where food incentives were offered was higher than that in control villages (96.5% vs 63.3% of child population, p less than 0.005). When food was later offered in control villages, attendance rose by 60.2% to full attendance (p less than 0.001). Some of the large amounts of non-emergency food aid available could be offered as incentives to increase the use of basic health services in developing countries.Entities:
Keywords: Americas; Behavior; Biology; Central America; Child Health Services; Child Nutrition; Clinic Visits; Comparative Studies; Control Groups; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Evaluation; Health; Health Facilities; Health Services; Incentives; Latin America; Maternal-child Health Services; Measurement; Mobile Health Units; Motivation; Nicaragua; North America; Northern America; Nutrition; Nutrition Programs; Organization And Administration; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Program Activities; Programs; Psychological Factors; Quantitative Evaluation; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Service Statistics; Studies
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Year: 1986 PMID： 2872440 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91231-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321