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dc.contributor.authorAvilés, Maria Victoriaen
dc.contributor.authorCuesta, Joséen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-18T11:47:47Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-18T11:47:47Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51458-
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how different levels of knowledge correlate with desirable preventive and curative practices against malaria in Honduras. The paper additionally analyzes 'information externalities' associated with non-specific malaria health services, communicational campaigns and organized community networks. Using the 2004 ENSEMAH survey, the analysis tests for statistical differences in the means of behavioral variables and an index of household malaria knowledge, finding that the adoption of desirable prevention and treatment behaviors correlates with proficient levels of knowledge. Differences in behavior across groups with distinctive levels of proficiency were found statistically significant. Also, while information externalities exist, they nonetheless do not deliver adequate levels of knowledge proficiency to induce desirable anti-malaria behavior.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x670en
dc.subject.jelD19en
dc.subject.jelH49en
dc.subject.jelH75en
dc.subject.jelI19en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMalariaen
dc.subject.keywordInformationen
dc.subject.keywordExternalitiesen
dc.subject.keywordHondurasen
dc.titleInformation, externalities and socioeconomics of Malaria in Honduras: A preliminary analysis-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn593980921en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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