De Walque, Damien2013-06-212013-06-212004-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14107The responsiveness to information is thought to be one channel through which education affects health outcomes. The author tests this hypothesis by examining the effectiveness of an information campaign that aims at preventing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda. Previous studies in the epidemiological literature have generally concluded that, in Africa, there was either a positive association or no association between HIV infection and schooling levels. Using individual level data from a cohort study following the general population of a cluster of villages in rural Uganda over 12 years, the author shows that, after more than a decade of prevention campaigns about the dangers of the epidemic, there has been a substantial evolution in the HIV/education gradient. Early in the epidemic, in 1990, there was no robust relation between HIV/AIDS and education. In 2000, among young individuals, in particular among females, education lowers the risk of being HIV positive. Results on HIV incidence in a duration framework confirm that finding by establishing that, for young individuals, education reduces the probability of seroconversion. These findings reveal that educated individuals have been more responsive to the HIV/AIDS information campaigns. The analysis of sexual behavior reinforces that conclusion: condom use is associated positively with schooling levels.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOEDUCATIONHEALTH EDUCATIONDISEASE PREVENTIONDISEASESAIDSHIV EDUCATIONAIDS EPIDEMICSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESCONDOM PROMOTION ACCESS TO INFORMATIONADDITIONADULT POPULATIONAGEDAIDSAIDS AWARENESSAIDS COUNSELINGAIDS MORTALITYANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPIESCASE OF AIDSCONDOM USECONDOMSCROPSDISTRIBUTION OF CONDOMSECONOMICSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDERHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH OUTCOMESHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV POSITIVEHIV TESTINGHOUSINGINFORMATIONINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTERVENTIONSIRONLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF CONDOM USELEVELS OF EDUCATIONLITERATUREMEDIAMEDICAL RESEARCHMIGRATIONMORTALITYNATIONAL AIDS CONTROLOLDER PEOPLEPAPERSPARTNERSHIPPATIENTSPREVENTION EFFORTSPRIMARY EDUCATIONRADIORATES OF RETURNRISK OF INFECTIONSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSEX EDUCATIONSEXUAL INTERCOURSESEXUAL PARTNERSSEXUAL PRACTICESSOCIAL SCIENCESTEACHERSTRANSMISSIONUNAIDSUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNPROTECTED SEXVOLUNTARY COUNSELLINGVOLUNTARY TESTINGWORKERSYOUNG ADULTSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3289