Catherine Andrzejewski|Holly E. Reed|Michael J. White
Does where you live influence what you know? Community effects on health knowledge in Ghana
Brown University|Providence College|Brown University|Providence College|Brown University|Providence College
paper examines community effects health knowledge developing country setting examine knowledge etiology prevention child illnesses using unique 2002 representative survey communities households ghana find community context matters appreciably even adjusting anticipated positive effects individuals education literacy media exposure household socioeconomic status proportion literate adults presence market community positively influence persons health knowledge words even person literate living community high levels literacy regular market still positively affect health knowledge results suggest social networks diffusion play key role community effects turn results offer policy implications ghana subsaharan africa