Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by … on HIV testing rates. We provide evidence of likely mechanisms behind the program's negative effect: it inadvertently … increased misinformation about HIV, and worsened HIV-related stigmatizing attitudes. Subsequent household-level randomized …

and economics (among other fields), I propose a framework adapted from earlier work on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Analysis of …

changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model we show that "edutainment" can work through an … the show. We find significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and risky sexual behavior. Treated … subjects are twice as likely to get tested for HIV eight months after the intervention. We also find reductions in STDs among …

leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association … between schooling/material standard of living and HIV risk using data from more than 500,000 respondents in 32 sub … without improvements in living standards or secondary school completion might not mitigate HIV transmission …

data on elections to the U.S House of Representatives and leveraging cross-district variation in HIV/AIDS mortality during … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … candidates. Beginning with the 1994 elections, there is a strong, positive association between HIV/AIDS mortality and the vote …

of these effects vary sharply. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and HIV are the most significant sources of mortality rate …

Uganda is widely viewed as a public health success for curtailing its HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. We … investigate the factors contributing to this decline. We first build a model of HIV transmission. Calibration of the model … indicates that reduced pre-marital sexual activity among young women is the most important factor in the decline in HIV. We next …

AIDS/HIV infection in school …

Young (2005) argues that HIV related population declines reinforced by the fertility response to the epidemic will lead … level data on fertility from South Africa and relying on between cohort variation in country level HIV infection, he … estimates a large negative effect of HIV prevalence on fertility. However, the studies that utilize the recent rounds of …

treat HIV/AIDS (HRHA) are one of the main constraints to scaling up ART. We develop a discrete-time Markovian model to … numbers to future HRHA need. Feedback occurs because ART is effective in prolonging the lives of HIV-positive people who need …