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General AIDS Knowledge Index

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Source Article

Hamra, M., Ross, M. W., Orrs, M., & D'Agostino, A. (2006). Relationship between expressed HIV/AIDS-related stigma and HIV-beliefs/knowledge and behaviour in families of HIV infected children in kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 11(4), 513-527.

Response Options

YES or NO; DON’T KNOW also an option for questions 3, 4b, 5, 6, and 7

Survey Items

  1. Have you heard of an illness called AIDS?
  2. If, yes what do you think are the causes of AIDS?
    • a. Blood transfusion?
    • b. Witchcraft?
    • c. Mother-to-child transmission?
    • d. Punishment from God?
    • e. Touching/greeting a person with AIDS?
    • f. Sexual contact?
    • g. Sharing food with a person with AIDS?
  3. Is there anything a person can do to avoid getting the virus that causes AIDS?
  4. How can people reduce their chances of getting the virus that causes AIDS?
    • a. Having just one sex partner who has no other partner?
    • b. Always using a condom?
    • c. Not having sex at all?
  5. Can people get the AIDS virus from mosquito or other insect bites?
  6. Can people get the AIDS virus from sharing utensils?
  7. Is it possible for a healthy looking person to have the AIDS virus?
  8. What do you think the treatment of AIDS is?
    • a. No treatment?
    • b. Medication?
    • c. Bleeding?
    • d. Chasing the person away?
    • e. Herbalist?
    • f. Witchcraft?

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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:

Hamra, M., Ross, M. W., Orrs, M., & D'Agostino, A. (2006). Relationship between expressed HIV/AIDS-related stigma and HIV-beliefs/knowledge and behaviour in families of HIV infected children in kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 11(4), 513-527.

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.