Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful?

dc.contributor.authorAnderson, D. Mark
dc.contributor.authorCharles, Kerwin Kofi
dc.contributor.authorOlivares, Claudio Las Heras
dc.contributor.authorRees, Daniel I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-05T17:23:26Z
dc.date.available2019-06-05T17:23:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractThe US tuberculosis (TB) movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Using newly transcribed mortality data at the municipal level for the period 1900-1917, we explore the effectiveness of public health measures championed by the TB movement, including the establishment of sanatoriums and open-air camps, prohibitions on public spitting and common cups, and requirements that local health officials be notified about TB cases. Our results suggest that these and other anti-TB measures can explain, at most, only a small portion of the overall decline in pulmonary TB mortality observed during the period under study. (JEL, H51, I12, I18, N31, N32)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24 HD042828); Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washingtonen_US
dc.identifier.citationAnderson, D. Mark, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Claudio Las Heras Olivares, and Daniel I. Rees. "Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful?." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11, no. 2 (April 2019): 143-175. DOI:10.1257/app.20170411.en_US
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dc.titleWas the First Public Health Campaign Successful?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage143en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage175en_US
mus.citation.issue2en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economicsen_US
mus.citation.volume11en_US
mus.data.thumbpage9en_US
mus.identifier.categoryBusiness, Economics & Managementen_US
mus.identifier.categoryHealth & Medical Sciencesen_US
mus.identifier.categorySocial Sciencesen_US
mus.identifier.doi10.1257/app.20170411en_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Agricultureen_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Letters & Scienceen_US
mus.relation.departmentAgricultural Economics & Economics.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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