Chronic Diseases, awareness, and economic behavior
Manoj Mohanan (Professor from Duke University), Harsha Thirumurthy (Professor from Penn LDI ) and Elisa M. Maffioli (Assistant Professor from University of Michigan)
The main goal of the study was to collect information about how individuals make decisions under uncertainty. Researchers studied this economic behavior in the context of chronic disease, where individuals experiences decline in health status but are often unaware of the specific illness they are suffering from, and lack information about the consequences of various courses of action (including not seeking treatment). Researchers studied, “How individuals make choices and decisions under uncertainty in the context of chronic disease management in the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India”.
In this study, researchers collaborated with Sughavazhavu, a not-for-profit healthcare organization that provides health care to rural populations. Morsel helped researchers to develop the Android Application for data collection and collected the primary data as well.
Morsel helped to screen individuals at high risk for chronic diseases among the adult population in the District of Thanjavur and researchers selected 500 adult individual at high risk for the following chronic diseases: diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension and screened them.
Location: Tamil Nadu
