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Instrument Title

ART Related Attitudes and Beliefs

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Source Article

Cohen, C. R., Montandon, M., Carrico, A. W., Shiboski, S., Bostrom, A., Obure, A., et al. (2009). Association of attitudes and beliefs towards antiretroviral therapy with HIV-seroprevalence in the general population of kisumu, kenya. PLoS ONE, 4(3)

Response Options

Agree, unsure, or disagree

Survey Items

  1. Now that ART is available, HIV is less serious than it used to be.
  2. Now that ART is available, it is more important for people to know their HIV status.
  3. Now that ART is available, HIV/AIDS is a controllable disease.
  4. Now that ART is available, people are more willing to get tested for HIV.
  5. Now that ART is available, people do not need to be as concerned about becoming HIV-positive.
  6. Now that ART is available, condom use during sex is less necessary.
  7. Now that ART is available, you are less worried about HIV infection.
  8. Now that ART is available, you are more likely to have more than one sexual partner.
  9. Now that ART is available, you are more willing to take a chance of getting infected or infecting someone else with HIV.
  10. Now that ART is available, someone who is HIV-positive does not need to worry as much about condom use.
  11. Now that ART is available, you are more likely to have sex without a condom.

Internal Reliability

Chronbach's alpha =0.61 and 0.66 for each of the factors

Validity

Validity information was not available.

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Cohen, C. R., Montandon, M., Carrico, A. W., Shiboski, S., Bostrom, A., Obure, A., et al. (2009). Association of attitudes and beliefs towards antiretroviral therapy with HIV-seroprevalence in the general population of kisumu, kenya. PLoS ONE, 4(3)

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.