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HIV ⁄AIDS - related stigma scale in a developing world context

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Source Article

Van Rie, A., Sengupta, S., Pungrassami, P., Balthip, Q., Choonuan, S., Kasetjaroen, Y., Strauss, R.P., Chongsuvivatwong, V. (2008). Measuring stigma associated with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in southern Thailand: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of two new scales. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 13(1): 21-30.

Response Options

strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree

Survey Items

A. Community perspectives toward HIV/AIDS

  • Some people think that those with AIDS are disgusting.
  • Some people do not want those with AIDS playing with their children.
  • Some people feel uncomfortable being near those with AIDS.
  • Some people do not want to talk to others with AIDS.
  • Some people keep distance from people with AIDS.
  • If a person has AIDS, some community members will behave differently towards that person for the rest of his or her life?
  • Some people try not to touch others with AIDS.
  • Some people are afraid of those with AIDS.
  • Some people think that people with AIDS are unclean.
  • Some people prefer not to have those with AIDS living in their communities.
  • Some people think that people with AIDS get what they deserve.


B. Patient perspective towards HIV/AIDS
  • Some people who have AIDS feel hurt because of how others react to knowing they have AIDS.
  • Some people who have AIDS feel alone.
  • Some people who have AIDS are afraid that other people in the community will talk about them having AIDS.
  • Some people who have AIDS lose friends when they share with them they have AIDS.
  • Some people who have AIDS are afraid to tell those outside their family that they have AIDS.
  • Some people who have AIDS worry that others will reveal their secret.
  • Some people who have AIDS try very hard to keep the issue of having AIDS a secret.
  • Some people who have AIDS keep their distance from others to avoid spreading the AIDS virus.
  • Some people who have AIDS feel guilty because their family has the burden of caring for them.
  • Some people who have AIDS will choose carefully who they tell about having AIDS.

Internal Reliability

High internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas 0.82-0.91), test-retest reliability was moderate

Validity

Construct validity showed an inverse correlation with social support; content validity

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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:

Van Rie, A., Sengupta, S., Pungrassami, P., Balthip, Q., Choonuan, S., Kasetjaroen, Y., Strauss, R.P., Chongsuvivatwong, V. (2008). Measuring stigma associated with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in southern Thailand: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of two new scales. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 13(1): 21-30.

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.