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Follow us Isolation, AIDS, and the Elderly: Data Collection and a Field Intervention in Malawi
a PSC Small Grant Research Project
Investigators: Dean Yang, Rebecca L. Thornton
This project will explore the consequences of isolation for the rural population in Malawi. The specific aims include: 1) collecting and analyzing preliminary data from existing sources on transportation access, transportation costs, transportation uses and possible economic and health impacts; and 2) pilot a field experiment testing the role of transportation infrastructure on the health and economic status of the rural poor.
| Funding: | PSC-Ford Funds |
Funding Period: 12/31/2007 to 03/31/2009
PSC Research Areas:
Health, Disability, and Mortality
Aging
Country of Focus: Malawi
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