This trial will contribute to evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in facilitating health visits and promoting maternal and child health in rural Kenya and in other comparable contexts.
Antenatal care, facility delivery and post-natal care are proven to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in high-burden settings. However, few pregnant rural women use these services sufficiently.
This study aims to assess the impact, cost-effectiveness and scaleability of conditional cash transfers to promote increased contact between pregnant women or women who have recently given birth and the formal healthcare system in Kenya. The study will compare mothers who have participated in the Afya credit incentive scheme with those who have not.
Project / Aims to test whether targeted financial incentives can succeed in changing hard-to-change behaviours; in this case using maternal and child health services.
Project / Aims to test whether targeted financial incentives can succeed in changing hard-to-change behaviours; in this case using maternal and child health services.
Perspective / Sarah Dickin introduces a research project that hopes to develop an index of empowerment to use in water and sanitation interventions.
Journal article / Mapping user journeys reveals shifting motivations for adoption and long-term use of advanced cookstoves, in Kenyan and Zambian case studies.
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