To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health

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ID11037567
AuthorsMark C Thurber (0000-0002-0058-0346, At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.), Christina Warner (At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.), Lauren Platt (At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.), Alexander Slaski (0000-0001-9335-055X, At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.), Rajesh Gupta (0000-0002-3307-6541, At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.), Grant Miller (0000-0003-3191-2558, At the time of the study, Mark C. Thurber and Alexander Slaski were with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Christina Warner and Lauren Platt were with the Program in Human Biology, Rajesh Gupta was with the School of Medicine, and Grant Miller was with the School of Medicine and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue10
Pages1736-1740
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301367
PMID23948003
PMCIDPMC3780735
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited36

Health risks from poor malaria control, unsafe water, and indoor air pollution are responsible for an important share of the global disease burden—and they can be addressed by efficacious household health technologies that have existed for decades. However, coverage rates of these products among populations at risk remain disappointingly low. We conducted a review of the medical and public health literatures and found that health considerations alone are rarely sufficient motivation for households to adopt and use these technologies. In light of these findings, we argue that health education and persuasion campaigns by themselves are unlikely to be adequate. Instead, health policymakers and professionals must understand what users value beyond health and possibly reengineer health technologies with these concerns in mind

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