Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya

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 them...

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Main Authors: Duflo, Esther, Dupas, Pascaline, Kremer, Michael, Sinei, Samuel
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106700/education-hivaids-prevention-evidence-randomized-evaluation-western-kenya
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spelling okr-10986-90072021-04-23T14:02:41Z Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya Duflo, Esther Dupas, Pascaline Kremer, Michael Sinei, Samuel ABORTION ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT ACTIVE LEARNING ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH ADOLESCENTS ADULTS AIDS AIDS EDUCATION AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS PREVENTION CALL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILDBEARING CHURCHES CLASS TEACHERS CLASSROOM COMPARATIVE EDUCATION CONDOM CONDOM PROMOTION CONDOM USE CONDOMS COST OF EDUCATION COUNSELING CURRICULA CURRICULUM DEMONSTRATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASES DROPOUT RATES EARLY MARRIAGE EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION METHODOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT DATA EXAM EXAMS FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE TEACHER FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FREE UNIFORMS GENDER RATIO GIRLS HEADMASTERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SERVICES HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV INFECTIONS HOME VISITS INFECTION RATES INTERVENTIONS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LESSON PLANS LET MAJORITY OF CHILDREN MARITAL STATUS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MULTIPLE PARTNERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL CURRICULUM NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OLDER MEN OLDER PARTNERS PAPERS PEER PRESSURE PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION COUNCIL PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREMARITAL SEX PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY STUDENTS PRIMARY TEACHERS PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH RADIO REGULAR SCHOOLS RELIGIOUS GROUPS RETENTION RATES RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR RISKY BEHAVIOR RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CONTROL SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX EDUCATION SEX RATIO SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION SEXUAL RISK SEXUALITY SEXUALITY EDUCATION SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SCIENCE SUGAR DADDIES TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS TEACHERS TEACHING TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE GIRLS TEENAGERS TEXTBOOKS TOLERANCE TRAINEES TRAINING COSTS TRANSMISSION RATES UNPROTECTED SEX USE OF CONDOMS USE OF RESOURCES YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH 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. Their primary measure of the effectiveness of these interventions is teenage childbearing, which is associated with unprotected sex. The authors also collected measures of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding HIV/AIDS. After two years, girls in schools where teachers had been trained were more likely to be married in the event of a pregnancy. The program had little other impact on students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, or on the incidence of teen childbearing. The condom debates and essays increased practical knowledge and self-reported use of condoms without increasing self-reported sexual activity. Reducing the cost of education by paying for school uniforms reduced dropout rates, teen marriage, and childbearing. 2012-06-26T14:11:53Z 2012-06-26T14:11:53Z 2006-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106700/education-hivaids-prevention-evidence-randomized-evaluation-western-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9007 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4024 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Kenya
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topic ABORTION
ABSTINENCE
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT
ACTIVE LEARNING
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
AIDS
AIDS EDUCATION
AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS PREVENTION
CALL
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILDBEARING
CHURCHES
CLASS TEACHERS
CLASSROOM
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CONDOM
CONDOM PROMOTION
CONDOM USE
CONDOMS
COST OF EDUCATION
COUNSELING
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DEMONSTRATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISEASES
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY MARRIAGE
EDUCATION CURRICULUM
EDUCATION METHODOLOGY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT DATA
EXAM
EXAMS
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE TEACHER
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
FREE UNIFORMS
GENDER RATIO
GIRLS
HEADMASTERS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HIV INFECTIONS
HOME VISITS
INFECTION RATES
INTERVENTIONS
JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LESSON PLANS
LET
MAJORITY OF CHILDREN
MARITAL STATUS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MULTIPLE PARTNERS
NATIONAL AIDS
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OLDER MEN
OLDER PARTNERS
PAPERS
PEER PRESSURE
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION COUNCIL
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREMARITAL SEX
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY STUDENTS
PRIMARY TEACHERS
PRIMARY-SCHOOL
PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE
PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIO
REGULAR SCHOOLS
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
RETENTION RATES
RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR
RISKY BEHAVIOR
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CONTROL
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL HEALTH
SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SEX EDUCATION
SEX RATIO
SEXUAL ACTIVITY
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUAL HEALTH
SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION
SEXUAL RISK
SEXUALITY
SEXUALITY EDUCATION
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SUGAR DADDIES
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEEN
TEEN PREGNANCY
TEENAGE GIRLS
TEENAGERS
TEXTBOOKS
TOLERANCE
TRAINEES
TRAINING COSTS
TRANSMISSION RATES
UNPROTECTED SEX
USE OF CONDOMS
USE OF RESOURCES
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUTH
spellingShingle ABORTION
ABSTINENCE
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT
ACTIVE LEARNING
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
ADOLESCENT HEALTH
ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH
ADOLESCENTS
ADULTS
AIDS
AIDS EDUCATION
AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS PREVENTION
CALL
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILDBEARING
CHURCHES
CLASS TEACHERS
CLASSROOM
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CONDOM
CONDOM PROMOTION
CONDOM USE
CONDOMS
COST OF EDUCATION
COUNSELING
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DEMONSTRATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISEASES
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY MARRIAGE
EDUCATION CURRICULUM
EDUCATION METHODOLOGY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT DATA
EXAM
EXAMS
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE TEACHER
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
FREE UNIFORMS
GENDER RATIO
GIRLS
HEADMASTERS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HIV INFECTIONS
HOME VISITS
INFECTION RATES
INTERVENTIONS
JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LESSON PLANS
LET
MAJORITY OF CHILDREN
MARITAL STATUS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MULTIPLE PARTNERS
NATIONAL AIDS
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OLDER MEN
OLDER PARTNERS
PAPERS
PEER PRESSURE
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION COUNCIL
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREMARITAL SEX
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY STUDENTS
PRIMARY TEACHERS
PRIMARY-SCHOOL
PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE
PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIO
REGULAR SCHOOLS
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
RETENTION RATES
RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR
RISKY BEHAVIOR
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CONTROL
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL HEALTH
SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
SCHOOL VISITS
SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SEX EDUCATION
SEX RATIO
SEXUAL ACTIVITY
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
SEXUAL HEALTH
SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION
SEXUAL RISK
SEXUALITY
SEXUALITY EDUCATION
SOCIAL MARKETING
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SUGAR DADDIES
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEEN
TEEN PREGNANCY
TEENAGE GIRLS
TEENAGERS
TEXTBOOKS
TOLERANCE
TRAINEES
TRAINING COSTS
TRANSMISSION RATES
UNPROTECTED SEX
USE OF CONDOMS
USE OF RESOURCES
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUTH
Duflo, Esther
Dupas, Pascaline
Kremer, Michael
Sinei, Samuel
Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Kenya
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4024
description 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. Their primary measure of the effectiveness of these interventions is teenage childbearing, which is associated with unprotected sex. The authors also collected measures of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding HIV/AIDS. After two years, girls in schools where teachers had been trained were more likely to be married in the event of a pregnancy. The program had little other impact on students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, or on the incidence of teen childbearing. The condom debates and essays increased practical knowledge and self-reported use of condoms without increasing self-reported sexual activity. Reducing the cost of education by paying for school uniforms reduced dropout rates, teen marriage, and childbearing.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Duflo, Esther
Dupas, Pascaline
Kremer, Michael
Sinei, Samuel
author_facet Duflo, Esther
Dupas, Pascaline
Kremer, Michael
Sinei, Samuel
author_sort Duflo, Esther
title Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
title_short Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
title_full Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
title_fullStr Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Western Kenya
title_sort education and hiv/aids prevention : evidence from a randomized evaluation in western kenya
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106700/education-hivaids-prevention-evidence-randomized-evaluation-western-kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9007
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