Communication About Health Information, Take-up of Preventative Care
Conditions
Keywords
Elderly women, India, Household communication, Preventative health
Brief summary
This study investigates how household communication plays a role in elderly women's take-up of health check-ups in rural Tamil Nadu, India. First, we survey elders and their caretakers to measure demand for check-ups for elders. We measure how interest in check-ups changes when we offer different versions of transportation support, to understand how much interest in check-ups are affected by the degree of caretaker involvement required. Second, we conduct a randomized evaluation of interventions to improve take-up of free health check-ups at a nearby private hospital. We will cross-randomize two interventions. The first randomizes who is informed about the check-up: either only the elder is informed or both the elder and the caretaker are informed about the check-up. The second randomizes whether free transportation is provided to and from the check-up. We will measure take-up of the check-up. We will also measure elders' willingness to mention the check-up to the caretaker.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTell both
Both elder and the caretaker are directly informed about the check-up.
BEHAVIORALFree Transport
We offer to arrange private transportation to and from the hospital at no cost.
Sponsors
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
60 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Elderly women aged 60-75
Exclusion criteria
* Those with severe hearing, speech, mental, or mobility impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up rates for check-up. | Assessed at 3 days after the intervention | This will be a measure of whether the elder is signed up for the check-up by the caretaker. This will be measured either when the caretaker calls to reserve a spot for the elder or when the research team follows up with the household before the check-up. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elder attendance at check-up. | 1 week after the intervention | This is a measure of whether the elder shows up to the health check-up at the end of the week. Attendance at the health check-up will be measured by surveyors at the hospital, about 1 week after the health check-up invitations are shared with households. |
| Elder willingness to mention check-up to caretaker | Assessed 2 days after the intervention | This is a measure of whether elder chooses to mention check-up to caretaker when offered. Among elders in households that are randomized into the Tell elder only arm, we will offer to inform the caretaker of the check-up on behalf of the elder and record whether the elder was willing to have us mention the check-up as one of our outcomes. |
Countries
India
Contacts
Primary ContactJenny Wang
Outcome results
None listed