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HIV Risk Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Age-Disparate Partnerships: Evidence From KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Maughan-Brown, Brendan; George, Gavin; Becket, Sean; Evans, Meredith; Lewis, Lara; Cawood, Cherie; Khanyile, David; Kharsany, Ayesha B. M. (Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2018-06)

Background: Evidence on the role of age-disparate partnerships in high HIV-infection rates among young women in sub-Saharan Africa remains inconclusive. This study examined the HIV-infection risk associated with age-disparate ...
Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology

Burns, Justine; Maughan-Brown, Brendan; Mouzinho, Aurea (BMC Public Health, 2018-06)

While regular handwashing effectively reduces communicable disease incidence and related child mortality, instilling a habit of regular handwashing in young children continues to be a challenging task, especially in ...
Overconfident people are more exposed to “black swan” events: a case study of avalanche risk

Bonini, Nicolao; Pighin, Stefania; Rettore, Enrico; Savadori, Lucia; Schena, Federico; Tonini, Sara; Tosi, Paolo (Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018, 2018-06)

Overconfidence is a well-established bias in which someone’s subjective confidence in their own judgment is systematically greater than their objective accuracy. There is abundant anecdotal evidence that overconfident ...