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Paper Abstract
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Results from a randomized experiment conducted with teenage schoolgirls in Cameroon suggest that
HIV prevention interventions can be effective at reducing the incidence of teen pregnancy in the following
9-12 months by over 25 percent. We find little difference in effectiveness between one-time, one-hour
sessions delivered directly to students by specialized consultants and sessions delivered through regular
school staff trained over two days by specialized consultants. We also find little difference between the
standard “Abstain, Be Faithful, Use Condoms” curriculum and an enriched curriculum that includes information
on the heightened risk of cross-generational sex. Lastly, a one-time, one-hour self-administered
questionnaire on HIV and sexual behavior has an equally large impact on teen pregnancy. These results
suggest that rural teenage schoolgirls’ sexual behavior is highly responsive to even small interventions
that make the risks of HIV and pregnancy salient. We find no effects among urban schoolgirls, who are
more exposed to information and experience much lower rates of teenage pregnancy under the status
quo.
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Paper Citation
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"Risk Information, Risk Salience, and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Cameroon," Dupas, Pascaline, Elise Huillery, and Juliette Seban. April 2017.
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Paper URL
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http://web.stanford.edu/~pdupas/Risk_Teenagers_Sex_Cameroon.pdf
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