ArticleJournal of development economics2023
KNOWLEDGE, STIGMA, AND HIV TESTING: AN ANALYSIS OF A WIDESPREAD HIV/AIDS PROGRAM.
Article in Journal of development economics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Misinformation, Social Media, and Myths About Injectable ART: Communication Barriers to HIV Care Among Transgender Women in India.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Declining but increasingly concentrated HIV stigma in rural Uganda: population-based cohort study, 2014-2024.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Associations Between HIV-Related Stigma, Trust, and Testing Behaviors Among the General U.S. Adult Population.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Online Health Information Seeking and Cyberchondria Among Men at Risk of HIV Infection: A Moderated Mediation Model.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Correcting Misperceptions about Support for Social Distancing to Combat COVID-19.Economic development and cultural change · 2024Article
- Evaluating knowledge about HIV and discriminatory attitudes among Pakistani women of reproductive age using 2017-18 Demographic Health Survey data.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Teaching and Incentives: Substitutes or Complements?Economics of education review · 2022Article
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Abstract
Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by improving knowledge and reducing stigmatizing attitudes. Contrary to expectations, the program has a substantial negative effect on HIV testing rates. We provide evidence of likely mechanisms behind the program's negative effect: it inadvertently increased misinformation about HIV transmission methods, and worsened HIV-related stigmatizing attitudes. Subsequent household-level randomized treatments providing correct information and addressing stigma concerns counteract the program's negative effect on HIV testing. These findings highlight the importance of improving knowledge and alleviating stigma concerns when promoting HIV testing.
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