Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia

We use data from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia and examine the causal effects of HIV/AIDS education, home‐based voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT), and conditional cash transfers (CCT) for facility‐based VCT on HIV/AIDS knowledge and demand for HIV testing. HIV/AIDS education sig...

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Main Authors: Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant, Haile, Beliyou, Lee, Taewha
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148166
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description We use data from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia and examine the causal effects of HIV/AIDS education, home‐based voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT), and conditional cash transfers (CCT) for facility‐based VCT on HIV/AIDS knowledge and demand for HIV testing. HIV/AIDS education significantly increases HIV/AIDS knowledge but has a limited effect on testing take‐up. However, when HIV/AIDS education is combined with either home‐based VCT or CCT for facility‐based VCT, take‐up increases substantially by about 63 and 57 percentage points, respectively. We also demonstrate evidence of persistence in test‐taking behavior, where past HIV testing does not dampen demand for testing. Lastly, we find suggestive evidence that home‐based VCT could be more effective at detecting HIV‐positive cases relative to CCT for facility‐based VCT. Our findings highlight the importance of geographic accessibility in the testing decision and persistence in demand for HIV testing. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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spelling CGSpace1481662025-12-08T10:29:22Z Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant Haile, Beliyou Lee, Taewha screening hiv infections diseases health cash transfers We use data from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia and examine the causal effects of HIV/AIDS education, home‐based voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT), and conditional cash transfers (CCT) for facility‐based VCT on HIV/AIDS knowledge and demand for HIV testing. HIV/AIDS education significantly increases HIV/AIDS knowledge but has a limited effect on testing take‐up. However, when HIV/AIDS education is combined with either home‐based VCT or CCT for facility‐based VCT, take‐up increases substantially by about 63 and 57 percentage points, respectively. We also demonstrate evidence of persistence in test‐taking behavior, where past HIV testing does not dampen demand for testing. Lastly, we find suggestive evidence that home‐based VCT could be more effective at detecting HIV‐positive cases relative to CCT for facility‐based VCT. Our findings highlight the importance of geographic accessibility in the testing decision and persistence in demand for HIV testing. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:58Z 2024-06-21T09:23:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148166 en Wiley Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant; Haile, Beliyou; and Lee, Taewha. 2017. Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. Health Economics 26(11): 1394–1411. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3425
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hiv infections
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Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant
Haile, Beliyou
Lee, Taewha
Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title_full Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title_short Promotion and persistence of HIV testing and HIV/AIDS knowledge: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia
title_sort promotion and persistence of hiv testing and hiv aids knowledge evidence from a randomized controlled trial in ethiopia
topic screening
hiv infections
diseases
health
cash transfers
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148166
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