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Incentivising Safe Sex : A Randomised Trial of Conditional Cash Transfers for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention in Rural Tanzania
de Walque, Damien; Dow, William H.; Nathan, Rose; … - 2012
Objective The authors evaluated the use of conditional cash transfers as an HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention strategy to incentivise safe sex. Design An unblinded, individually randomised and controlled trial. Setting 10 villages within the Kilombero/Ulanga districts of the...
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Effects of a Lottery Incentive on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Incidence among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania : Results from the Respect II Randomized Trial
Balampama, Marianna - 2023
Female sex workers are a key population who experience a disproportionately high burden of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. A growing body of evidence suggests that financial incentives can reduce risky sexual behavior and the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381302
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Effects of a Lottery Incentive on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Incidence among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania
Balampama, Marianna; Dow, William H.; Hémono, Rebecca; … - 2023
Female sex workers are a key population who experience a disproportionately high burden of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. A growing body of evidence suggests that financial incentives can reduce risky sexual behavior and the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580039
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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...
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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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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
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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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The Use of Financial Incentives to Prevent Undesirable Behaviors
de Walque, Damien - 2018
behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920129
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Potential Applications of Conditional Cash Transfers for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Medlin, Carol; de Walque, Damien - 2012
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/10012552464
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Using Lotteries to Incentivize Safer Sexual Behavior : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on HIV Prevention
Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina - 2017
Financial incentives are a promising HIV prevention strategy. This paper assesses the effect on HIV incidence of a lottery program in Lesotho with low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on negative test results for sexually transmitted infections. The intervention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971997