How should we support marginalized individuals? By providing nutritional support for their body or by supporting their mind and allowing them to see their potential? This paper explores ways to improve the welfare of women living with HIV, by addressing two obstacles that they face: the body and the mind. We use a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of three information-focused treatments: a standard nutritional information campaign, cookery demonstrations and role models. We find that providing information on nutrition leads to an improvement in nutritional intake and overall health. Participatory information interventions, such as the cookery demonstrations and exposure to role models, are found to empower and inspire participants to become more ambitious and invest in income-generating activities. As such, these types of interventions have the potential to have longer-term effects on welfare than passive information campaigns.

我们应该如何支持边缘化的个人？通过为他们的身体提供营养支持还是通过支持他们的思想并让他们看到自己的潜力？本文通过解决她们面临的两个障碍：身体和思想，探索了改善艾滋病毒携带者妇女福利的方法。我们使用一项随机对照试验来测试三种以信息为中心的治疗的有效性：标准营养信息宣传，烹饪示范和榜样。我们发现，提供有关营养的信息可以改善营养摄入量和整体健康状况。人们发现参与式的信息干预措施，例如烹饪示范和榜样曝光，可以赋权并激发参与者变得更加雄心勃勃，并投资于创收活动。因此，