Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: how much and for whom?

Type Journal Article - Journal of Population Economics
Title Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: how much and for whom?
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Volume 20
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2007
Page numbers 383-422
URL http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-006-0085-8#page-1
Abstract
Demographic and Health Survey data from nine African countries make it clear that HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge has been increasing. Still, in many cases, fewer than half of adult respondents can identify specific prevention behaviors. Knowledge is lowest in rural areas and among women. HIV testing generally remains rare but is highly variable across countries, likely reflecting differences in the supply of testing services. In most cases, schooling and wealth impacts on prevention knowledge have either been stable or have increased; hence, in the majority of contexts, initial disparities in knowledge by education and wealth levels have persisted or widened.

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