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How Does the Impact of an Hiv/Aids Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda
de Walque, Damien - 2016
Walque tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS … evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and … HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749511
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Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda
de Walque, Damien; Gertler, Paul J.; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 40 (2015) C, pp. 1-9
, including HIV/AIDS services. Using a prospective quasi-experimental design, this study examines the scheme's impact on … discordant couples in which only one of the partners is an AIDS patient. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264199
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Invitations, Incentives, and Conditions : A Randomized Evaluation of Demand-Side Interventions for Health Screenings in Armenia
de Walque, Damien - 2020
The study is a randomized controlled trial that investigates the impact of four demand-side interventions on health screening for diabetes and hypertension among Armenian adults ages 35-68 who had not been tested in the last 12 months. The interventions are personal invitations from a physician...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826553
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Demographic and Socioeconomic Patterns of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Africa
Beegle, Kathleen - 2009
Understanding the demographic and socioeconomic patterns of the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS in Sub …-Saharan Africa is crucial for developing programs and policies to combat HIV/AIDS. This paper looks critically at the methods and … analytical challenges to study the links between socioeconomic and demographic status and HIV/AIDS. Some of the misconceptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394370
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The Association Between Remarriage and HIV Infection : Evidence From National HIV Surveys in Africa
de Walque, Damien - 2009
The literature shows that divorced, separated, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV. Using nationally representative data from 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper confirms that formerly married individuals are at significantly higher risk for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394412
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Comparing Condom Use With Different Types of Partners : Evidence From National HIV Surveys in Africa
de Walque, Damien - 2009
Based on nationally representative samples from 13 Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper reinforces and expands previous findings that condom use in general is low in this region, men report using condoms more frequently than women, and unmarried individuals report they use condoms more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394424
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Coping with Risk : The Effects of Shocks on Reproductive Health and Transactional Sex in Rural Tanzania
de Walque, Damien - 2014
contributor to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This paper uses data from a panel of women in rural Tanzania whose primary occupation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396022
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Rewarding Safer Sex : Conditional Cash Transfers For HIV/STI Prevention
de Walque, Damien - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396380
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The Determinants of HIV Infection And Related Sexual Behaviors : Evidence From Lesotho
Corno, Lucia - 2007
This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. The authors find that in Lesotho education appears to have a protective effect: it is negatively associated with HIV infection (although not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521488
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Potential Applications of Conditional Cash Transfers for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Medlin, Carol - 2016
A growing number of developing countries have introduced conditional cash transfer programs that provide money to poor families with certain contingencies attached - such as requiring school attendance or regular immunization and health check-ups. As the popularity of conditional cash transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747240