HIV Testing, Behavior Change, and the Transition to Adulthood in Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4362877 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Beegle (0000-0002-7080-7411), Michelle Poulin (0000-0002-5313-2395), Gilad Shapira (0000-0002-1138-7269), Gil Shapira |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 665-684 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/681232 |
| OpenAlex | W2150430137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 22 |
For young adults living in countries with AIDS epidemics, getting an HIV test may influence near-term decisions, such as when to leave school, when to marry, and when to have a first child. These behaviors, which define the transition from adolescence to adulthood, have long-term implications for well-being and directly affect a person’s risk of contracting HIV. Using an experimental design embedded in a panel survey from Malawi, this study assesses how HIV voluntary counseling and testing of young adults affects these decisions. The results show a negligible intent-to-treat effect of HIV testing on behaviors. There is some suggestive evidence, however, of a differential response by wealth and by prior beliefs about one’s HIV status
Affect (linguistics) · Behavior change · Developmental psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Test (biology) · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |