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Gastón Gertner
CASE STUDY Immunization in Rural Guatemala
Identify a policy challenge you've been working with
List stakeholders
and policies in place
Think how BE can help overcome these
LAST MILE
Identify barriers
Based on the study by Busso, Cristia and Humpage "Did you get your shots?"
Policy challenge
Policies and programs in place (already) tested
Stakeholders
Expected response
Accomplished?
Accomplished
Un-accomplished
Policy challenge
Boost immunization for children in rural Guatemala
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
mobile medical teams
once a month
basic clinics
visited by
NGOs operate
Community Health workers
track families and inform on medical visits
used for statistical info but rarely to improve coverage or help community health workers
Electronic medical records
The PEC keeps
low coverage for later vaccines reduces the probability of immunization
Expected response
Stakeholders
Accomplished?
Provide vaccines and information
Administer vaccines and provide information
Access immunization and get vaccines
Target
BARRIER
BEHAVIORAL BIAS
Barrier with behavioral component?
Target
Families in rural Guatemala
BARRIER
BEHAVIORAL BIAS
Barrier with behavioral component?
Present bias
Cost-benefit analysis of getting to the clinic
"I don't immunize; nobody does"
(Mis) Perception of social norms
Too many important things to care about. Vaccines are just one more thing
Cognitive overload
Limited access, no transportation every week
Don't know what vaccine to get or when
Selected barrier(s)
Behavioral Bias(es)
Behavioral Tools
INTERVENTION
Selected barrier
Present Bias
(Mis)perception of social norms
Cognitive overload
Access barrier
The role of reminders
Information barrier
Selected barrier(s)
Behavioral Bias(es)
Too many things to think about
+ info barrier
Cognitive overload
Behavioral Tools
REMINDERS
INTERVENTION
13.000 children between 1 and 5 years old
Treatment
Control
Health workers received lists of kids that were due for vaccination the following month
Business as usual
After 6 months
4.5 pp more vaccines in treatment group and 9.1 pp more for those due a vaccine during intervention
$0.17 per child