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Instrument Title

Stigma in AIDS Family Inventory (SAFI) Questionnaire

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Source Article

Vreeman, R. C., Scanlon, M. L., Tu, W., Slaven, J., McAteer, C., Aluoch, J., Ayaya, S., & Nyandiko, W. M. (2019). Validation of an HIV/AIDS Stigma Measure for Children Living with HIV and Their Families. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 18, 2325958219880570. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958219880570

Response Options

Never happened or ever happened (if selected, also timeframe of “in the past 6 months” or “longer than 6 months ago)

Survey Items

Child stigma items

1. Lost friends due to HIV status
2. Called names/bullied/insulted due to HIV
a. Experienced discrimination at home due to HIV
b. Experienced discrimination in neighborhood due to HIV
c. Experienced discrimination at church due to HIV
d. Experienced discrimination at clinic due to HIV
e. Experienced discrimination at school due to HIV
f. Experienced discrimination at another place due to HIV
a. Lost financial support/work due to HIV
b. Lost social support due to HIV
a. HIV stigma has made me feel stressed/anxious
b. HIV stigma has made me feel depressed/saddened

6. Choose not to play with others or go places due to HIV
7. Feel it is important to keep HIV status a secret
8. Caregiver feels it is important to keep my HIV status secret
9. Future and hopes have changed in a negative way due to HIV
10. Delayed taking meds so others do not see
11. People in community think HIV is dirty/immoral/shameful
a. No one thinks
b. A few people think
c. Most people think

Caregiver stigma items

1. Negatively judged due to child’s HIV
2. Isolated/avoided due to child’s HIV
3. Called names/insulted due to child’s HIV
a. Experienced discrimination at home due to child’s HIV
b. Experienced discrimination in neighborhood due to child’s HIV
c. Experienced discrimination at church due to child’s HIV
d. Experienced discrimination at clinic due to child’s HIV
e. Experienced discrimination at work due to child’s HIV
f. Experienced discrimination at another place due to child’s HIV
a. Lost financial support/work due to child’s HIV
b. Lost social support due to child’s HIV
a. HIV stigma has made me feel stressed/anxious
b. HIV stigma has made me feel depressed/saddened
7. Not allowed child to play with others or go places due to child’s HIV
8. People in community think HIV is dirty/immoral/shameful
a. No one thinks
b. A few people think
c. Most people think
9. Child is isolated/avoided due to HIV
10. Child has been called names/bullied/insulted
a. Child has experienced discrimination at home
b. Child has experienced discrimination in neighborhood
c. Child has experienced discrimination at church
d. Child has experienced discrimination at clinic
e. Child has experienced discrimination at school
f. Child has experienced discrimination at another place
a. HIV discrimination affected child socially
b. HIV discrimination affected child emotionally
c. HIV discrimination affected child’s education
13. Child’s future and hopes changed in a negative way

Internal Reliability

Test-retest reliability, Cronbach’s alpha not stated

Validity

Construct validity

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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:

Vreeman, R. C., Scanlon, M. L., Tu, W., Slaven, J., McAteer, C., Aluoch, J., Ayaya, S., & Nyandiko, W. M. (2019). Validation of an HIV/AIDS Stigma Measure for Children Living with HIV and Their Families. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 18, 2325958219880570. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958219880570

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.