Private Choices and Public Health: A Case of Policy Intervention in Singapore

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella R. Quah
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tomm-Bonde ◽  
Rita S Schreiber ◽  
Diane E Allan ◽  
Marjorie MacDonald ◽  
Bernie Pauly ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Larson ◽  
Janet I. Lewis ◽  
Pedro L. Rodriguez

Abstract From public health to political campaigns, numerous attempts to encourage behavior begin with the spread of information. Of course, seeding new information does not guarantee action, especially when it is difficult for receivers to verify this information. We use a novel design that introduced valuable, actionable information in rural Uganda and reveals the intermediate process that led many in the village to hear the information but only some to act on it. We find that the seeded information spread easily through word of mouth via a simple contagion process. However, acting on the information spread less easily; this process relied instead on endogenously created social information that served to vet, verify, and pass judgment. Our results highlight an important wedge between information that a policy intervention can best control and the behavior that ultimately results.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruta Valaitis ◽  
Marjorie MacDonald ◽  
Anita Kothari ◽  
Linda O’Mara ◽  
Sandra Regan ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo M. Galizzi

<p>This work proposes a critical, non systematic, review of the three main lines of health policy interventions to deal with risky behaviours, such as over-eating, smoking, sedentary lives, and excess alcohol drinking, namely: i) the release of information on health risks and consequences; ii) the use of financial incentives; and iii) direct policy intervention in markets, through regulation and taxation. First, the health and economic impact of the risky behaviours epidemics are briefly described. Then a critical review follows on the evidence existing on the effectiveness of each type of intervention. The review will also highlight the public health approach staying beyond each type of policy on risky behaviours and critically consider them within the context of more general health and social policy interventions.<strong></strong></p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei He ◽  
Huan liu ◽  
Tian Tian Hu

Abstract Background People's view of value medical care has taken on a great change, and then transferred to medical treatment behaviors and medical decision-making.Methods Based on the data of the Chinese Health Service Survey and the CLHLS survey database, this paper empirically tests the impact of traditional culture and policy protection on value medical care from the perspective of disease occurrence and the laws of life course.Results The results show that cultural traditions have a greater impact on the medical values of urban residents than that of rural residents, and the income level has significantly increased the level of medical expenditures one month before the end of life. Borne by the spouse or children living together or subsidized by the state or collective, the elderly who have no money to pay for the medical consumption will have a significantly lower medical expenses in the month before death. Conclusions Based on this, the article explores the importance of constructing effective health management policies and medical consumption guidance from two aspects of health value concept and value medical treatment, in order to promote people to form better medical consumption habits and health management concepts .Highlights1.In the course of illness, there are more patients who seek medical treatment in the early stages of the disease, but at the end of life there is excessive consumption of medical resources.2.The medical consumption habits in a country ’s traditional culture will affect the current decision-making for medical treatment. At the same time, medical insurance policies and public health policies will also have a greater impact on their behavior, but the formation of a valued medical concept may be more affected by traditional culture. .3.Through the research on the impact of disease occurrence law and life course law on the formation of value medical concept, it provides reliable support for promoting multi-level medical insurance system and improving the protection of basic public health policies. Policy intervention needs to combine the medical habits under the traditional culture and implement it to the supply of primary health services, guide medical consumption behavior through protection policies, control medical consumption, and enhance the value of medical consumption.


2021 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 102397
Author(s):  
B.R. Roberts ◽  
M.P. White ◽  
S.M.C. Davison ◽  
O. McMeel ◽  
C. Eatock ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Terrey Oliver Penn ◽  
Susan E. Abbott

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