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23 The results in green reflect improvements in risky behavior related to contracting HIV/AIDS, those in red show a worsening of such behavior, and those in black reveal insignificant or no changes. It is clear from the table that condom use is improving among urban females throughout Africa. Similarly, higher wealth had led to a decrease in the number of sexual partners for urban females in the majority of the countries. It is important to note that this table represents just one example of several comparisons made throughout the article. It is clear from this table as well as the other results reported by Glick and Sahn (2008) that Zambia, with a different data period between 1996 and 2001, has seen the largest improvements and these seem to coincide with the implementation of their multisectoral HIV/AIDS program in 1999. Other countries that experienced improvements in the table are that of Burkina Faso (where a multisectoral program was implemented in 1990) and Ghana, where a multisectoral program was launched in 2000. Although seemingly anecdotal, these findings do indicate a connection between a reduction of risky HIV/AIDS behavior and successful implementation of multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs. To test whether multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs are useful in the promotion of condom awareness (recall that a principal finding in Glick and Sahn (2008) is that condom use has improved) I present a quantitative model that further probes the question in Chapter 4. It is these types of determinants from Glick and Sahn (2008), such as the probability of having more than one sexual partner, which adds to the literature on the societal determinants of HIV/AIDS. From the studies reviewed thus far it has
Object Description
Title | Political determinants and economic effects of HIV/AIDS: a push for the multisectoral approach |
Author | Davis, Dollie |
Author email | dollieda@usc.edu; dolliesdavis@gmail.com |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
Document type | Dissertation |
Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
Date defended/completed | 2008-07-15 |
Date submitted | 2008 |
Restricted until | Unrestricted |
Date published | 2008-10-30 |
Advisor (committee chair) | Wise, Carol |
Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeffrey B. Chi, Iris |
Abstract | The proposed dissertation offers an explanation for the large differences in HIV/AIDS rates among 89 low and middle-income countries throughout the Sub Saharan African, Asian, and Latin American regions over a ten-year period (1995-2005). The HIV/AIDS rates in these countries vary widely and seemingly independently of economic wealth. One possible determinant of these differences is the presence and degree of development of strong multisectoral programs aimed at both prevention and cure of HIV/AIDS. The main hypothesis for this dissertation is: "A country's success in combating HIV/AIDS lies in the government's ability to implement an effective multisectoral program." This hypothesis is explored through quantitative models using data from the ten-year period (1995-2005). Results show that the presence of a multisectoral program over the ten-year period is associated with a significantly lower HIV/AIDS incidence rate by 2005. This effect is produced by controlling for various political, economic, societal, and institutional factors. Although there is some anecdotal evidence which suggests that multisectoral programs help to improve the HIV/AIDS problem in developing countries, there has been little if any empirical work done on this subject to date. |
Keyword | multisectoral; HIV/AIDS; economic development |
Geographic subject (region) | Carribbean |
Geographic subject (continent) | Africa; Asia; South America |
Coverage date | 1995/2005 |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1724 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Davis, Dollie |
Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Filename | etd-Davis-2422 |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Davis-2422.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 31 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | 23 The results in green reflect improvements in risky behavior related to contracting HIV/AIDS, those in red show a worsening of such behavior, and those in black reveal insignificant or no changes. It is clear from the table that condom use is improving among urban females throughout Africa. Similarly, higher wealth had led to a decrease in the number of sexual partners for urban females in the majority of the countries. It is important to note that this table represents just one example of several comparisons made throughout the article. It is clear from this table as well as the other results reported by Glick and Sahn (2008) that Zambia, with a different data period between 1996 and 2001, has seen the largest improvements and these seem to coincide with the implementation of their multisectoral HIV/AIDS program in 1999. Other countries that experienced improvements in the table are that of Burkina Faso (where a multisectoral program was implemented in 1990) and Ghana, where a multisectoral program was launched in 2000. Although seemingly anecdotal, these findings do indicate a connection between a reduction of risky HIV/AIDS behavior and successful implementation of multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs. To test whether multisectoral HIV/AIDS programs are useful in the promotion of condom awareness (recall that a principal finding in Glick and Sahn (2008) is that condom use has improved) I present a quantitative model that further probes the question in Chapter 4. It is these types of determinants from Glick and Sahn (2008), such as the probability of having more than one sexual partner, which adds to the literature on the societal determinants of HIV/AIDS. From the studies reviewed thus far it has |