Structural drivers and social protection: mechanisms of HIV risk and HIV prevention for South African adolescents

Case Studies & Research
2016
9 p.
Periodical title
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19:20646

Social protection is high on the HIV-prevention agenda for youth in sub-Saharan Africa. However, questions remain: How do unconditional cash transfers work? What is the effect of augmenting cash provision with social care? And can “cash plus care” social protection reduce risks for adolescents most vulnerable to infection? This study tackles these questions by first identifying mediated pathways to adolescent HIV risks and then examining potential main and moderating effects of social protection in South Africa.

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