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The Impact of Social Mobilization on Health Service Delivery and Health Outcomes : Evidence from Rural Pakistan / Gine, Xavier.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gine, Xavier.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access of Poor to Social Services.
- Citizen Engagement.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Community Development and Empowerment.
- Community Driven Development.
- Disability.
- Economic Assistance.
- Health Services.
- Industry.
- Lady Health Worker (LHW).
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Maternal And Child Health.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Public Service Delivery.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Services & Transfers to Poor.
- Social Development.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Technology Industry.
- Technology Innovation.
- Local Subjects:
- Access of Poor to Social Services.
- Citizen Engagement.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Community Development and Empowerment.
- Community Driven Development.
- Disability.
- Economic Assistance.
- Health Services.
- Industry.
- Lady Health Worker (LHW).
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Maternal And Child Health.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Public Service Delivery.
- Science and Technology Development.
- Services & Transfers to Poor.
- Social Development.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Technology Industry.
- Technology Innovation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (25 pages)
- Other Title:
- Impact of Social Mobilization on Health Service Delivery and Health Outcomes
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper uses a randomized community development program in rural Pakistan to assess the impact of citizen engagement on the quality of public health services. The program had a strong emphasis on organizing women, who also identified health services as a development priority at baseline. Assessing the program at midline, the paper finds that the mobilization effort alone had a significant impact on the performance of village-based health providers. The study detects economically large improvements in pregnancy and well-baby visits by lady health workers, as well as increased utilization of pre- and post-natal care by pregnant women. In contrast, the quality of supra-village health services did not improve, underscoring the importance of community enforcement and monitoring capacity for improving service delivery.
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