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Perceived risk of HIV infection and mental health in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV Malawi mental health risk perception
2014/11/24
Background: The emerging literature on HIV/AIDS and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa stresses that HIV-positive status is significantly related to mental illness. However, the literature has neglec...
Intergenerational Transfers in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Rural Malawi
age patterns of transfers intergenerational transfers Malawi MLSFH SSA transfer flows
2014/11/21
Background: Intergenerational transfer patterns in sub-Saharan Africa are poorly understood, despite the alleged importance of support networks to ameliorate the complex implications of the HIV/AIDS e...
An inquiry into the uneven distribution of women’s HIV infection in rural Malawi
rural Malawi HIV uneven distribution
2014/11/20
Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower
where men are generally circumcised than where they are not.Randomized controlled
trials have found a 50-60% reductio...
HIV/AIDS-related Expectations and Risky Sexual Behavior in Malawi
Life expectancy Malawi Risk Risky behavior Sexual behavior Sexually transmitted infections Subjectivity Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/3/31
Subjective expectations are likely to be an important determinant of health-related behaviors in a high-HIV-prevalence environment. We use probabilistic expectations data elicited from survey responde...
Intergenerational Transfers in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Rural Malawi
Aging, HIV/AIDS Intergenerational transfers Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa
2014/3/31
Intergenerational transfers and relations in sub-Saharan Africa are only poorly understood, despite the alleged importance of family networks and family resource transfers to ameliorate the implicatio...
The Impact of Married Individuals Learning HIV Status in Malawi: Divorce, Number of Sexual Partners, Condom Use with Spouses
Divorce HIV testing HIV testing and counseling HTC HIV/AIDS Malawi Sexual behavior
2014/3/31
This paper assesses how knowledge of HIV status gained through HIV testing and counseling (HTC) by married individuals affects divorce, the number of sexual partners and the use of condoms within marr...
Marriage as a Mechanism: Women’s Education and Wealth in Malawi
Longitudinal Survey of Family Life Marriage Socioeconomic status Stability United States Women
2014/3/31
Research has found that in the United States women have greater economic returns to a college degree than men, because of more stable marriages and other family income. Using cross-sectional data of w...
Evaluating Health and Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Minimally Invasive Collection of Plasma in the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH)
Biomarkers Field methods Health, Malawi
2014/3/31
Background: The collection of biomarker-based indicators of adult health and fitness is an important addition to socioeconomic surveys since these indicators provide valuable insights into the biologi...
Narratives of Death in the Time of AIDS in Rural Malawi
Mortality AIDS Blame Justice Witchcraft Malawi
2014/3/31
In Africa, where most HIV infections are found and most AIDS deaths occur, however,
there is scant evidence that the efforts by policymakers and planners to halt the epidemic
have been effective (...
Cohort Profile: The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH)
Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health MLSFH, Malawi sub-Saharan Africa health HIV/AIDS social networks fertility family dynamics
2014/3/31
The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is one of
very few long-standing publicly-available longitudinal cohort studies in a subSaharan African (SSA) context. It provides a rare ...
Perception of HIV risk and the quantity and quality of children: The case of rural Malawi
Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health Maternal morbidity Mortality Mothers Schooling
2014/3/31
the empirical literature on HIV and the quality (Q) and quantity (N) of children generally reports negative associations for Q and unclear associations for N. We focus our analysis on the effects of H...
Find out how the Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM) is reaching out to young people in remote areas, giving them access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services.
Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV income Malawi self-reported health subjective well-being
2010/11/30
This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data spanning the period 200...
Asking God about the date you will die: HIV testing as a zone of uncertainty in rural Malawi
ambivalence HIV testing Malawi
2010/11/30
Testing for HIV is becoming more available in Africa. Global advocates of testing see it as key to AIDS prevention. However, testing is not always perceived as a good thing by people at risk. Here, we...
Extra-marital sexual partnerships and male friendships in rural Malawi
AIDS/HIV extramarital Malawi sex social network
2010/1/13
Extra-marital sexual partnerships (EMSPs) are a major route of HIV/AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we investigate the roles of two types of male friendships - best friends and ...