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SSCI Paper recently published by Renfu Luo, Chengfang Liu, Linxiu Zhang, and their coauthors at Word Development
Release date：2014/9/3 Source： ccap
Title: Text Messaging and its Impacts on the Health and Education of the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural ChinaCitation: Di Mo, Renfu Luo, Chengfang Liu, Huiping Zhang, Linxiu Zhang, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle. 2014. Text Messaging and its Impacts on the Health and Education of the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural China. 2014, Word Development, vol. 64, pp 766-780.
Abstract
There is little evidence showing whether health information transmitted via text messages can change health and educational outcomes. We conducted a randomized field experiment in rural China to study whether a health education campaign conducted via text message could affect caregiver knowledge or student outcomes. When caregivers received both weekly health messages and monthly quiz questions (testing retention of the information conveyed in the weekly messages), caregiver knowledge improved and students experienced gains in both health and academic performance. When caregivers received weekly health messages only, there was no impact on caregiver knowledge or student outcomes.
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