{"id":1397,"date":"2020-02-27T14:36:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T19:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/?page_id=1397"},"modified":"2023-10-18T17:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:07:48","slug":"indlela-behavioural-insights-for-better-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/economics\/behavioral-economics-and-preferences\/indlela-behavioural-insights-for-better-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Indlela: Behavioural insights for better health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, <\/span>the University of Witwatersrand\u2019s Health <\/span>Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE<\/span>2<\/span><\/sup>RO) and the University of <\/span>Pennsylvania\u2019s Center <\/span>for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) have launched <\/span>Indlela: Behavioural Insights for Better Health <\/span>(<\/span>Indlela <\/span>means <\/span>\u201cthe way\u201d or \u201cthe path\u201d in Zulu<\/span>). <\/span>Indlela <\/span>is the first-of-its-kind unit focused specifically on improving the effectiveness of the public sector in delivering health care and achieving better health outcomes in South Africa. <\/span>Indlela focuses on <\/span>building capacity to expand the use of behavioural economics within HIV prevention and treatment programs in South Africa and strengthen the ability of health service delivery providers and key research institutions to develop and test contextually appropriate interventions that are informed by behav<\/span>ioural science principles. In future years, the unit\u2019s scope will expand beyond HIV to include <\/span>other pressing public health issues in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For further information, visit Indlela’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boston University investigators<\/td>\nLawrence Long<\/a>\u00a0(PI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partner investigators<\/td>\nHE2<\/sup>RO<\/a>: Sophie Pascoe<\/a> (PI)<\/span><\/p>\n

UPenn: Harsha Thirumirthy (PI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Countries<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project period<\/td>\n2020-2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Funder<\/td>\nBill & Melinda Gates Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contacts<\/td>\nLawrence Long<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the University of Witwatersrand\u2019s Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO) and the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) have launched Indlela: Behavioural Insights for Better Health (Indlela means \u201cthe way\u201d or \u201cthe path\u201d in Zulu). Indlela is the first-of-its-kind unit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3922,"featured_media":0,"parent":612,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1397\/revisions\/1671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}