Understanding individual health decision-making in small developing countries a theoretical model

Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes ()
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Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

SN Business & Economics, 2022, vol. 2, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract This paper argues that the role of the socioeconomic environment in individual health decision-making in small developing countries particularly the island nations of the Caribbean, is typically not adequately accounted for in models. This creates a sizeable gap in the ability to adequately understand individual health behaviour particularly when it comes to modifiable non-communicable (NCD) behavioural risk factors and to craft and implement effective interventions. The paper’s objective is to outline a theoretical model, which explicitly includes the role of the socioeconomic environment in health decision-making as a first step to understanding how the socioeconomic environment influences health behaviour.

Keywords: Health decision-making; Health behaviour; Socioeconomic environment; Life course; Modifiable behavioural factors; Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D90 I10 I12 I14 I19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s43546-022-00310-6

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