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A Microsimulation Study of the Effects of Divorce and Remarriage on Lifetime Risks of HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi
Divorce Remarriage Lifetime Risks HIV/AIDS Rural Malawi
2016/3/18
The prevalence of HIV infection varies with age and marital status with infection rates being influenced by the age- and marital-status-related frequency of intercourse and, most obviously, the infect...
Subjective Expectations in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Malawi
HIV/AIDS Malawi Literacy Numeracy Mortality Risk-reduction strategies
2016/3/18
In this paper we present a newly-developed interactive elicitation methodology to collect probabilistic expectations in a developing country context with low levels of literacy and numeracy, and we ev...
How Beliefs about HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors:Evidence from Malawi
HIV Testing Results Beliefs MDICP Sexual behavior Disease prevalence Risk Exposure
2016/3/18
Many HIV testing programs in Africa and elsewhere aim to reduce risk-taking behaviors by providing individuals with information about their own HIV status. This paper examines how beliefs about own HI...
A Look Back to Look Forward: A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of an mHealth Service in Malawi
Multidisciplinary Evaluation mHealth Service Malawi
2015/7/28
A Look Back to Look Forward: A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of an mHealth Service in Malawi.
Strengthening the home-to-facility continuum of newborn and child health care through mHealth: Evidence from an intervention in rural Malawi
mHealth Newborn and child health Home-to-facility continuum of care
2015/7/28
This paper assesses the impact of a mobile health (mHealth) project on uptake of home-based care for newborn and child health, and investigates the extent to which uptake of home-based care resulted i...
Where there is no phone: The benefits and limitations of using intermediaries to extend the reach of mHealth to individuals without personal phones in Malawi
mHealth Intermediaries Phone access
2015/7/28
The purpose of this study is to identify the benefits and limitations associated with intermediaries to provide access to and increase utilization of an mHealth intervention amongst people without per...
Fostering the use of quasi-experimental designs for evaluating public health interventions: insights from an mHealth project in Malawi
Evaluation Quasi- experimental design Malawi
2015/7/28
The evidence base to support the growing field of mHealth is relatively nascent, with most studies lacking the level of rigor needed to inform scale up of interventions. This paper investigates the im...
Prevalence and Determinants of Unintended Pregnancies in Malawi
Unintended pregnancy Demographic and Health Survey prevalence
2015/7/27
Available statistics indicate high levels of unintended pregnancies in Africa. This study examines the prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancies in Malawi based on 2,144 pregnant women ext...
Anticipatory child fostering and household economic security in Malawi
child fostering households Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/11/26
Background: While there is a rich literature on the practice of child fostering in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about how fostering impacts receiving households, as few studies consider househo...
When the group encourages extramarital sex: Difficulties in HIV/AIDS prevention in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV extramarital fixed-effects Malawi marriage panel data sexual intercourse social networks Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/11/24
Background: Recent research on the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has highlighted the relevance of married individuals‘ extramarital sexual behavior for the spread of the disease. At the same time...
Perceived risk of HIV infection and mental health in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV Malawi mental health risk perception
2014/11/24
Background: The emerging literature on HIV/AIDS and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa stresses that HIV-positive status is significantly related to mental illness. However, the literature has neglec...
An inquiry into the uneven distribution of women’s HIV infection in rural Malawi
rural Malawi HIV uneven distribution
2014/11/20
Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower
where men are generally circumcised than where they are not.Randomized controlled
trials have found a 50-60% reductio...
HIV/AIDS-related Expectations and Risky Sexual Behavior in Malawi
Life expectancy Malawi Risk Risky behavior Sexual behavior Sexually transmitted infections Subjectivity Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/3/31
Subjective expectations are likely to be an important determinant of health-related behaviors in a high-HIV-prevalence environment. We use probabilistic expectations data elicited from survey responde...
Extra-marital sexual partnerships and male friendships in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV extramarital Malawi sex social network
2010/1/13
Extra-marital sexual partnerships (EMSPs) are a major route of HIV/AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we investigate the roles of two types of male friendships - best friends and ...
Social inequality and HIV-testing Comparing home- and clinic-based testing in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV home-based testing inequality Malawi
2009/11/16
The plan to increase HIV testing is a cornerstone of the international health strategy against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper highlights a problematic aspect of...