How Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

How Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary with Educational Attainment? Evidence from Rural Uganda

The responsiveness to information is thought to be one channel through which education affects health outcomes. The author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS epidemic...

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Main Author: De Walque, Damien
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
EDUCATION
HEALTH EDUCATION
DISEASE PREVENTION
DISEASES
AIDS
HIV EDUCATION
AIDS EPIDEMIC
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
CONDOM PROMOTION ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ADDITION
ADULT POPULATION
AGED
AIDS AWARENESS
AIDS COUNSELING
AIDS MORTALITY
ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIES
CASE OF AIDS
CONDOM USE
CONDOMS
CROPS
DISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HIV POSITIVE
HIV TESTING
HOUSING
INFORMATION
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
INTERVENTIONS
IRON
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF CONDOM USE
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERATURE
MEDIA
MEDICAL RESEARCH
MIGRATION
MORTALITY
NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL
OLDER PEOPLE
PAPERS
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
PREVENTION EFFORTS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
RADIO
RATES OF RETURN
RISK OF INFECTION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SEX EDUCATION
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
SEXUAL PARTNERS
SEXUAL PRACTICES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TEACHERS
TRANSMISSION
UNAIDS
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNPROTECTED SEX
VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING
VOLUNTARY TESTING
WORKERS
YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/4128385/impact-hivaids-information-campaign-vary-educational-attainment-evidence-rural-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14107
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Summary:The responsiveness to information is thought to be one channel through which education affects health outcomes. The author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda. Previous studies in the epidemiological literature have generally concluded that, in Africa, there was either a positive association or no association between HIV infection and schooling levels. Using individual level data from a cohort study following the general population of a cluster of villages in rural Uganda over 12 years, the author shows that, after more than a decade of prevention campaigns about the dangers of the epidemic, there has been a substantial evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and education. In 2000, among young individuals, in particular among females, education lowers the risk of being HIV positive. Results on HIV incidence in a duration framework confirm that finding by establishing that, for young individuals, education reduces the probability of seroconversion. These findings reveal that educated individuals have been more responsive to the HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated positively with schooling levels.

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