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Does funding for HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention
matter? Evidence from panel data.
Evaluation Review 2005;29(1):3-23.
Chesson HW, Harrison P, Scotton CR, and Varghese B.
Abstract
Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) has allocated several billion dollars for the prevention of HIV and
other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States. Using state-level
data from 1981 to 1998, the authors found that greater amounts of prevention
funding in a given year are associated with reductions in reported gonorrhea
incidence rates in subsequent years. The authors conclude that funding for
STD and HIV prevention, on the whole, appears to have a discernable impact
on the incidence of STDs.