TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Altindag, Onur
AU  - Greve, Jane
AU  - Tekin, Erdal
        TI  - Public Health Policy at Scale: Impact of a Government-Sponsored Information Campaign on Infant Mortality in Denmark
        PY  - 2022/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15398
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15398
        AB  - We evaluate the impact of a nationwide public health intervention on deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), using population data from Denmark in a regression discontinuity research design. The information campaign–implemented primarily through a universal nurse home visiting program–reduced infant mortality by 17.2 percent and saved between 11.6-13.5 lives over 10,000 births. The estimated effect sizes are 11-14 times larger among low birthweight and preterm infants relative to the overall population. Improvement in infant mortality is concentrated among those with low socio-economic status and with limited access to health information, thereby reducing health inequities at birth.
        KW  - infant mortality
KW  - information campaign
KW  - SIDS
KW  - Denmark
        ER  -