Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Health Seeking Behavior among Rural Left-Behind Children: Evidence from Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces in China.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementing interventions to promote spectacle wearing among children with refractive errors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Teacher Incentive Intervention on Students' Vision Healthcare Uptake: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Providing Free Eyeglasses on Children's Mental Health Outcomes in China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
- Access to healthcare services for migrant and left-behind children: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2026Review
- The impact of parental migration on left-behind children's tooth health in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Connection between Sleep Patterns and Mental Health: Insights from Rural Chinese Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gender differences in vision health-seeking behavior and vision health outcomes among rural Chinese schoolchildren by birth order and family size.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- The impact of parental migration on left-behind children's vision health in rural China.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among 3- to 5-Year-Olds Left-Behind Children in Poor Rural Areas of Hunan Province: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The Impact of Primary Treatment on Post-Traumatic Endophthalmitis in Children with Open Globe Injuries: A Study in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
More than 60 million children in rural China are “left-behind”—both parents live and work far from their rural homes and leave their children behind. This paper explores differences in how left-behind and non-left-behind children seek health remediation in China’s vast but understudied rural areas. This study examines this question in the context of a program to provide vision health care to myopic rural students. The data come from a randomized controlled trial of 13,100 students in Gansu and Shaanxi provinces in China. The results show that without a subsidy, uptake of health care services is low, even if individuals are provided with evidence of a potential problem (an eyeglasses prescription). Uptake rises two to three times when this information is paired with a subsidy voucher redeemable for a free pair of prescription eyeglasses. In fact, left-behind children who receive an eyeglasses voucher are not only more likely to redeem it, but also more likely to use the eyeglasses both in the short term and long term. In other words, in terms of uptake of care and compliance with treatment, the voucher program benefitted left-behind students more than non-left-behind students. The results provide a scientific understanding of differential impacts for guiding effective implementation of health policy to all groups in need in developing countries.
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