Risking your health : causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors / Damien de Walque, editor.
Contributor(s): Walque, Damien de [editor of compilation.] | World Bank [publisher.]
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TextSeries: Human development perspectives: ; World Bank e-Library: Publisher: Washington, DC : The World Bank, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 185 pages) illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780821399064 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Developing Countries | Public Health | Health Behavior | Health Status Indicators | Poverty | Risk Factors | Risk-Taking | Social ProblemsAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 362.1 LOC classification: RA418 | .R56 2013Online resources: home Includes bibliographical references.
Overview of prevalence and trends of risky behaviors by region in the developing world -- Determinants of risky behavior -- The consequences of risky behavior -- Targeting risky behaviors using non-price interventions/legislation, information and education -- Using economic mechanisms to reduce risky behaviors : tax policy and other incentives.
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