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Publication Date:
January 2012
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1558-9544
DOI:
10.1515/1558-9544.1230

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Behavioral Responses of Patients in AIDS Treatment Programs: Sexual Behavior in Kenya

Harsha Thirumurthy1 / Cristian Pop-Eleches2 / James P. Habyarimana3 / Markus Goldstein4 / Joshua Graff Zivin5

1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, hthirumu@email.unc.edu

2Columbia University, cp2124@columbia.edu

3Georgetown University, jph35@georgetown.edu

4The World Bank, mgoldstein@worldbank.org

5University of California, San Diego, jgraffzivin@ucsd.edu

Citation Information: Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1558-9544, DOI: 10.1515/1558-9544.1230, January 2012

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2012-01-31

We estimate changes in sexual behavior for HIV-positive individuals enrolled in an AIDS treatment program using longitudinal household survey data collected in western Kenya. We find that sexual activity is lowest at the time that treatment is initiated and increases significantly in the subsequent six months, consistent with the health improvements that result from ART treatment. More importantly, we find large and significant increases of 10 to 30 percentage points in the reported use of condoms during last sexual intercourse. The increases in condom use appear to be driven primarily by a program effect, applying to all HIV clinic patients regardless of treatment status.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Sub-Saharan Africa; antiretroviral treatment; sexual behavior

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