Information can boost public service use by poor populations
Posted October 29th, 2007 by Tara Murray in Asia, Health, Poverty and Income InequalityProviding information about public health and social services to poor populations may increase usage, according to a study conducted in India (Johns Hopkins Medicine press release).
Citation: Priyanka Pandey, Ashwini R. Sehgal, Michelle Riboud, et al. (2007). Informing resource-poor populations and the delivery of entitled health and social services in rural India: A cluster randomized controlled trial. JAMA 298:1867-1875. (Available online to the Penn State community)
