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South Africa - SMS Nudges as a Tool to Reduce Tuberculosis Treatment Delay and Pretreatment Loss to Follow-up: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2017-2018
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This is the microdataset used in the paper "SMS nudges as a tool to reduce Tuberculosis treatment delay and pretreatment loss to follow-up. A randomized controlled trial". We fielded two SMS interventions in three Cape Town clinics to see their effects on whether people returned to clinic, and how quickly. One was a simple reminder; the other aimed to overcome “optimism bias” by reminding people TB is curable and many millions die unnecessarily from it. Recruits were randomly assigned at the clinic level to a control group or one of the two SMS groups (1:2:2). In addition to estimating effects on the full sample, we also estimated effects on HIV-positive patients.
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This is the microdataset used in the paper "SMS nudges as a tool to reduce Tuberculosis treatment delay and pretreatment loss to follow-up. A randomized controlled trial". We fielded two SMS interventions in three Cape Town clinics to see their effects on whether people returned to clinic, and how quickly. One was a simple reminder; the other aimed to overcome “optimism bias” by reminding people TB is curable and many millions die unnecessarily from it. Recruits were randomly assigned at the clinic level to a control group or one of the two SMS groups (1:2:2). In addition to estimating effects on the full sample, we also estimated effects on HIV-positive patients.
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World Bank, South Africa Development Fund, WHO Strengthening Implementation Grant, Erasmus Trust Fund - Research for Health Impact in Africa, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, National Research Foundation SA