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Instrument Title

HIV/AIDS Stigma Questionnaire

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Source Article

Garett, R., Smith, J., Chiu, J., & Young, S. D. (2016). HIV/AIDS stigma among a sample of primarily African-American and Latino men who have sex with men social media users. AIDS care, 28(6), 731–735. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1146395

Response Options

5-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree to 5= strongly agree)

Survey Items

  1. I am comfortable with people who are HIV positive
  2. Nurses with HIV should not be allowed to work in hospitals
  3. How comfortable would you be with sharing a meal with a person that you know or suspected had HIV/AIDS
  4. If a relative of yours became sick with the virus that causes AIDS, how comfortable would you be with caring for him in your household
  5. If a teacher has HIV but is not sick how comfortable would you be with him/her continuing to teach in school
  6. Most people believe that a person who has HIV is dirty
  7. People with HIV are likely to use illegal drugs
  8. People with HIV are thieves
  9. People with HIV are cheaters
  10. People with HIV are liars
  11. People with HIV deserve to have AIDS
  12. People with HIV are stupid
  13. People with HIV should be ashamed of themselves
  14. I am afraid of people with HIV
  15. People with HIV deserve to be treated badly

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.77

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:

Garett, R., Smith, J., Chiu, J., & Young, S. D. (2016). HIV/AIDS stigma among a sample of primarily African-American and Latino men who have sex with men social media users. AIDS care, 28(6), 731–735. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1146395

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.