Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA,
AIDS Behav. 2014 Feb;18(2):311-6. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0487-z.
Cash transfer programs have the potential to prevent the spread of HIV, particularly among adolescents. One mechanism through which these programs may work is by influencing the characteristics of the people adolescents choose as sex partners. We examined the four-year impact of a Kenyan cash transfer program on partner age, partner enrollment in school, and transactional sex-based relationships among 684 adolescents. We found no significant impact of the program on partner characteristics overall, though estimates varied widely by gender, age, schooling, and economic status. Results highlight the importance of context in exploring the potential HIV preventive effects of cash transfers.
现金转移支付计划有可能预防艾滋病毒的传播,特别是在青少年中。这些计划发挥作用的一个机制是影响青少年选择的性伴侣的特征。我们调查了肯尼亚一个现金转移支付计划对 684 名青少年的伴侣年龄、伴侣入学率和以性交易为基础的关系的四年影响。我们发现该计划对伴侣特征总体上没有显著影响,但估计因性别、年龄、受教育程度和经济状况而异。研究结果突出了在探索现金转移支付预防艾滋病毒的潜在影响时,考虑背景的重要性。