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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...

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Sexual Behavior Change Intentions and Actions in the Context of a Randomized Trial of a Conditional Cash Transfer for HIV Prevention in Tanzania

Packel, Laura - 2017

Information, education, communication and interventions based on behavioral-change communication have had success in 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...

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Stimulating Demand for Aids Prevention : Lessons from the Respect Trial

de Walque, Damien - 2017

HIV-prevention strategies have yielded only limited success so far in slowing down the AIDS epidemic. This paper …

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Antiretroviral Therapy Awareness and Risky Sexual Behaviors : Evidence from Mozambique

de Walque, Damien - 2017

changes in risk. In particular, risky behaviors increase for men who believe, wrongly, that AIDS can be cured, while risky … behaviors increase for women who believe, correctly, that antiretroviral therapy can treat AIDS but cannot cure it. The findings …

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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa : The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women, with a focus on family structure and sexual behavior as shaped by the demographic shock following the transatlantic slave trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny...

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Education, HIV Status and Risky Sexual Behavior : How Much Does the Stage of the HIV Epidemic Matter?

Iorio, Daniela - 2016

We study the relationship between education and HIV status using nationally representative data from 39 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, we construct an innovative algorithm that systematically defines aggregate stages of the HIV epidemic in a comparable manner...

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The effect of social marketing strategies on premarital sex prevention among university students in Zimbabwe

Zimuto, Jilson; Chikodza, Eriyoti - In: Economics & finance notes 9 (2020) 1, pp. 25-35

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Awareness Regarding HIV Among Male Sex Workers in Larkana City

Avais, Muhammad Abdullah - 2014

The objective of this study is to describe the knowledge of HIV/Aids and risky behavior of male sex workers (MSWs) in … drug users) put MSWs on increasing risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/Aids infection. Results show that … regarding HIV/Aids and 35% know the center where they can get clinical HIV test and 0% respondents have undergone any medical …

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Super Girl : Gender Empowerment as HIV Prevention in Côte d'Ivoire

Cynn, Christine - 2018

's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and USAID. The campaign urges PEPFAR's preferred solution to the prevention of HIV: the …

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Sex and the Mission : The Conflicting Effects of Early Christian Investments on the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cage, Julia - 2018

This article investigates the long-term historical impact of missionary activity on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub …

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