ArticleBMJ global health2018
Increasing participation in a vector control campaign: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of behavioural economic interventions in Peru.
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- Nudge strategies for behavior-based prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review and ethical assessment.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Perceptions of Problems with Household Insects: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings from Peri-Urban Communities in Arequipa, Peru.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Planning and commitment prompts to encourage reporting of HIV self-test results: A cluster randomized pragmatic trial in Tshwane District, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Improved vector control of Triatoma infestans limited by emerging pyrethroid resistance across an urban-to-rural gradient in the Argentine Chaco.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Misuse, perceived risk, and safety issues of household insecticides: Qualitative findings from focus groups in Arequipa, Peru.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- A behavioral design approach to improving a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Do Incentives Crowd Out Motivation? A Feasibility Study of a Community Vector-Control Campaign in Peru.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the efficacy of strategies informed by behavioural economics for increasing participation in a vector control campaign, compared with current practice.
designPragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
settingArequipa, Peru.
participants4922 households.
interventionsHouseholds were randomised to one of four arms: advanced planning, leader recruitment, contingent group lotteries, or control.
main outcome measuresParticipation (allowing the house to be sprayed with insecticide) during the vector control campaign.
resultsIn intent-to-treat analyses, none of the interventions increased participation compared with control (advanced planning adjusted OR (aOR) 1.07 (95% CI 0.87 to 1.32); leader recruitment aOR 0.95 (95% CI 0.78 to 1.15); group lotteries aOR 1.12 (95% CI 0.89 to 1.39)). The interventions did not improve the efficiency of the campaign (additional minutes needed to spray house from generalised estimating equation regressions: advanced planning 1.08 (95% CI -1.02 to 3.17); leader recruitment 3.91 (95% CI 1.85 to 5.97); group lotteries 3.51 (95% CI 1.38 to 5.64)) nor did it increase the odds that houses would be sprayed in an earlier versus a later stage of the campaign cycle (advanced planning aOR 0.94 (95% CI 0.76 to 1.25); leader recruitment aOR 0.68 (95% CI 0.55 to 0.83); group lotteries aOR 1.19 (95% CI 0.96 to 1.47)). A post hoc analysis suggested that advanced planning increased odds of participation compared with control among households who had declined to participate previously (aOR 2.50 (95% CI 1.41 to 4.43)).
conclusionsAchieving high levels of household participation is crucial for many disease prevention efforts. Our trial was not successful in improving participation compared with the existing campaign. The trial highlights persistent challenges to field experiments as well as lessons about the intervention design process, particularly understanding barriers to participation through a behavioural lens. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: American Economic Association AEARCTR-0000620.
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