Effect of Information on Service Delivery in Rural India

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delivery of Services to Rural Populations in India

Treatments: Behavioral: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00421291

NA_00001063

Details and patient eligibility

About

A lack of public awareness about entitled health and social services may contribute to poor delivery of services in developing countries. We sought to determine the impact of educating villagers about entitled services.

Full description

105 gram panchayats (village clusters) were randomized to receive information about their guaranteed health, education, and village governance rights. We then selected households within each treatment and control village to assess whether the information had made an impact.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gram panchayats in Uttar Pradesh

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind