Children’s multidimensional health and medium-run cognitive skills in low- and middle-income countries
This paper engages in the debate on the effects of children’s health on their education in later life stages in low- and middle-income countries.
This paper engages in the debate on the effects of children’s health on their education in later life stages in low- and middle-income countries.
Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLHIV) are common among young people.
One in five children worldwide does not complete upper-primary school, with particularly high drop-out rates among pubescent-age girls that may limit economic opportunities and perpetuate gender inequality.
Policy-makers who are making decisions on sexuality education programs face important economic questions: what are the costs of developing sexuality education programs; and what are the costs of implementing and scaling them up?
This paper synthesises the evidence on sexual and reproductive health situation of young people in India, sheds light on those sub-populations of young people who are most vulnerable to adverse sexual and reproductive outcomes, and assesses the barriers that compromise the sexual and reproductive
Education, HIV and gender equality are deeply inter related aspects of personal and global development.
This paper estimates the association between HIV knowledge and risky sexual behavior in India. Using data from the third wave of the national demographic survey, the authors find that better HIV related knowledge does not always promote safer sexual practices.
The authors conducted a cross-sectional study using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Participants included 38 unmarried rural men in four focus-group discussions and a representative sample of 316 similarly profiled men, ages 17-22 years.
Costing and cost-effectiveness data for HIV prevention programmes are important tools for decision-makers.
This cross sectional study in the Solapur Municipal Corporation (Western Maharashtra) looked at 400 adolescent girls' knowledge on HIV/AIDS. Simple random sampling was used to identify the respondents. Data was gathered through interviews.