An extensive multi-disciplinary literature examines the effects of learning one's HIV status on subsequent risky sexual … study investigates the effects of a randomly assigned home based HIV testing and counseling (HTC) intervention on risky … sexual behaviors and schooling investments among school-age females in Malawi. The study finds no overall effects on HIV …

This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother … decisions. Expectations about the life horizon and child survival depend on women's perceived exposure to HIV infection, which …

Financial incentives are a promising HIV prevention strategy. This paper assesses the effect on HIV incidence of a … for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention resulted in a 21.4 percent reduction in HIV incidence over two years … linking sexual behavior to HIV incidence and finds that risk-loving individuals reduce the number of unprotected sexual acts …

risk of HIV infection. The study enrolled 2,399 participants in 10 villages in rural southwest Tanzania. The intervention …

For young adults living in countries with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence near-term decisions, such … adolescence to adulthood, have long-term implications on well-being and directly affect a person's risk of contracting HIV. Using … testing of young adults for HIV on these decisions. The results show negligible intent-to-treat effect of HIV testing on …

services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing … discordant couples (14.7 percentage point increase) in which only one of the partners is HIV positive …

increasing the awareness of HIV. But these strategies alone have been less successful in changing risky sexual behavior. This … paper addresses this issue by exploring the link between action and the intention to change behaviors. In Africa …, uncertainty in the lives of those at risk for HIV may affect how intentions are formed. Characterize this uncertainty by …

behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya …: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2) encouraging students to debate the … role of condoms and to write essays on how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; and (3) reducing the cost of education …

information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model, the paper shows that ?edutainment? can … finds significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes toward HIV and risky sexual behavior. Treated subjects are twice … as likely to get tested for HIV eight months after the intervention. The study also finds reductions in sexually …