门和奖励促使人们很少参加水管道检查
Ludovica Gazze1, Heather Klemick2, Bryan Parthum2
1University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
概括
水系统必须确定需要更换的管道. 使用挂门器和激励措施的干预措施在鼓励居民自我检查以确定领先的服务线路方面取得了很小的成功.
科学领域:
- 环境科学环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 城市规划是城市规划.
背景情况:
- 美国环境保护局 (EPA) 要求在水系统中更换管道.
- 不完整的库存阻碍了主要服务线的识别.
- 新泽西州特伦顿面临着基础设施老化和高比例脆弱人口的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估随机对照试验 (RCT) 干预措施的有效性,旨在增加居民参与主管服务线自我检查.
- 评估信息门挂和财务激励对自我检查参与的影响.
主要方法:
- 在新泽西州特伦顿进行了一项随机对照试验.
- 两个干预小组收到了门:一个带有自我检查信息,另一个带有信息加上礼品卡激励.
- 通过提交自我检查照片来衡量参与度.
主要成果:
- 基于信息和激励的干预措施都显示,对居民参与的影响为零或很小.
- 只有不到1%的目标家庭参与了自我检查,即使有100美元的激励.
- 该研究强调了吸引居民参与管道识别工作所面临的重大挑战.
结论:
- 标准的信息和基于激励的推广方法不足以广泛识别领先的服务线路.
- 社区参与战略需要重新评估,以有效地应对更换管的挑战.
- 针对不同社区的有针对性的宣传需要创新的方法,而不仅仅是简单的信息材料和金钱奖励.
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