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August 13, 2014

Cash plus care: social protection cumulatively mitigates HIV-risk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa

Objectives:

It is not known whether cumulative ‘cash plus care’ interventions can reduce adolescent HIV-infection risks in sub-Saharan Africa. This study investigated whether parental AIDS and other environmental adversities increase adolescent HIV-risk behaviour and whether social protection provision of ‘cash’ or integrated ‘cash plus care’ reduces HIV-risk behaviour.

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