Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk
An individual who takes an HIV test can be informed about their own status and risk. Similarly, when friends, family or neighbors learn of a person's HIV status, they may update their beliefs about HIV infection among people they know. Using an experiment conducted in rural Malawi which randomly ass...
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American Economic Association
2013
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| author | Godlonton, Susan Thornton, Rebecca L. |
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| description | An individual who takes an HIV test can be informed about their own status and risk. Similarly, when friends, family or neighbors learn of a person's HIV status, they may update their beliefs about HIV infection among people they know. Using an experiment conducted in rural Malawi which randomly assigned incentives to learn HIV results, we find that as people in the community learn their HIV results, individuals revise their beliefs downward about deaths attributable to HIV/AIDS. We find corresponding behavioral responses with a significant decrease in condom use and no significant increase in multiple partnerships among those who are HIV-negative. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1529752024-11-15T08:53:01Z Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk Godlonton, Susan Thornton, Rebecca L. hiv infections An individual who takes an HIV test can be informed about their own status and risk. Similarly, when friends, family or neighbors learn of a person's HIV status, they may update their beliefs about HIV infection among people they know. Using an experiment conducted in rural Malawi which randomly assigned incentives to learn HIV results, we find that as people in the community learn their HIV results, individuals revise their beliefs downward about deaths attributable to HIV/AIDS. We find corresponding behavioral responses with a significant decrease in condom use and no significant increase in multiple partnerships among those who are HIV-negative. 2013-05 2024-10-01T13:55:25Z 2024-10-01T13:55:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152975 en Limited Access American Economic Association Susan, Godlonton; and Thornton, Rebecca L. 2013. Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk. American Economic Review 103(3): 439-444. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.3.439 |
| spellingShingle | hiv infections Godlonton, Susan Thornton, Rebecca L. Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title | Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title_full | Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title_fullStr | Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title_short | Learning from others' HIV testing: Updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| title_sort | learning from others hiv testing updating beliefs and responding to risk |
| topic | hiv infections |
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