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Education And HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence From A Randomized Evaluation In Western Kenya

2006; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1596/1813-9450-4024

1813-9450

Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer, Samuel Sinei,

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers21 Jun 2013Education And HIV/AIDS Prevention : Evidence From A Randomized Evaluation In Western KenyaAuthors/Editors: Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer, Samuel SineiEsther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer, Samuel Sineihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4024SectionsAboutPDF (0.7 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: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. 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