Risking your health : causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors / Damien de Walque, editor - xviii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Human development perspectives .

Overview of the prevalence and trends of risky behaviors in the developing world / Damien de Walque and Sébastien Piguet -- Determinants of risky behavior / Mattias Lundberg and Gil Shapira -- The consequences of risky behavior / Alaka Holla -- Targeting risky behaviors using non-price interventions/legislation, information and education / Aakanksha H. Pande -- Using economic mechanisms to reduce risky behaviors : tax policy and other incentives / Damien de Walque

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Developing Countries.
Public Health.
Health Behavior.
Health Status Indicators.
Poverty.
Risk Factors.
Risk-Taking.
Social Problems.

WA 395 / R595 2014