Rewarding behavior change in rural communities: Pathways for a sustained inclusive change for child health.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria remain leading causes of death for children under the age of five, even though these diseases are preventable and can be treated. In public health, complex behavioral change interventions are often used. These interventions employ multi-component strategies and work on domains, such as education, policy, and environmental change, to promote prevention, control, and management of childhood diseases. In Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), the Community Mobilization and Community Incentivization (CoMIC) trial employed a complex, participatory community engagement strategy and included conditional community-based incentives and showed promising results by improving child health related behaviors. A study was conducted to explore the experiences and perception

SUBMITTER: Ali SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668547 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature