University of California Berkeley

Added 17 October 2021

TakeUp: Testing the Impact of Incentives on Compliance with Community-based Mass Deworming through a Field Experiment in Kenya

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis

Research question

•What is the influence of social and behavioural incentives on the increase in cost-effective demand for deworming medication among adult population?

•What is the impact of social incentives on take-up and cost-effectiveness of deworming treatment?

•What is the impact of consumption incentives on take-up and cost-effectiveness deworming treatment?

•Can any increase in takeup be attributed to signaling effect wherein individuals are motivated to access treatment in order to demonstrate that they have engaged in pro-social behavior?

University of California Berkeley

Comparison of Kato-Katz and PCR for STH

TakeUp: Testing the Impact of Incentives on Compliance with Community-based Mass Deworming through a Field Experiment in Kenya