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Attitudes — This domain scheduled to be updated in 2022
| Domain | Sub-Domain | Instrument Name | Description | Citation (Authors) | Language/ Geographic Location |
Population(s) | Details & PDF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV testing attitudes, AIDS stigma, and voluntary HIV counselling and testing in a black township in cape town, south africa | The scale items were adapted by authors from previous research. The scale contains five items. "Two items reflected positive outcomes from testing, two assessed adverse outcomes, and one item reflected HIV testing avoidance. Items were responded to dichotomously, as either agree or disagree." | Kalichman, S. C., & Simbayi, L. C. (2003). HIV testing attitudes, AIDS stigma, and voluntary HIV counselling and testing in a black township in cape town, south africa. British Medical Journal, 79(6), 442. |
English |
* Elderly * HIV-negative |
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| Attitudes Toward Routine Testing | "Participants were asked whether they had heard of routine testing and were given a detailed explanation of this policy. Participants then indicated the extent to which they are in favor of routine testing and whether they think this policy affects HIV-related stigma, barriers to testing, violence against women related to testing, and uptake of ARVs. From questions assessing attitudes toward routine testing (Table 1), we constructed an ordinal outcome of positive attitudes toward this policy. Participants were categorized as having zero to one, two, three, or four positive views toward routine testing." | Weiser, S. D., Heisler, M., Leiter, K., Percy-de Korte, F., Tlou, S., DeMonner, S., et al. (2006). Routine HIV testing in botswana: A population-based study on attitudes, practices, and human rights concerns. PLoS Med, 3(7), e261. |
English |
* Elderly * HIV-negative |
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| HIV-Antibody Testing Attitude Scale (HTAS) | The scale contains 32 items. Response options are on a Likert scale. Four factors were identified: "concerns about friend's responses, concerns about family's responses, beliefs about public opinion of testing, and concerns about confidentiality of tests." | Boshamer, C. B., & Bruce, K. E. (1999). A scale to measure attitudes about HIV-antibody testing: Development and psychometric validation. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11(5), 400-413. |
English |
* Students * Heterosexual * HIV-negative |
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| Factors determining prenatal HIV testing for prevention of mother to child transmission in dar es salaam, tanzania | The researchers modified HIV-Antibody Testing Attitude Scale developed by Boshamer and Bruce in 1999. The instrument contains questions on family support (items: 'My family would support me if I decided to be tested for HIV', 'I could easily discuss HIV testing with my family' etc.), social support (items: 'I would not want anyone to know if I got an HIV test', 'People would assume I have HIV if I decided to get tested' etc.) and privacy (items: 'I am afraid that if I were to be tested for HIV, my name would go onto public records', 'HIV testing information is kept very confidential by the medical staff who do the testing' etc.). | Kominami, M., Kawata, K., Ali, M., Meena, H., & Ushijima, H. (2007). Factors determining prenatal HIV testing for prevention of mother to child transmission in dar es salaam, tanzania. Pediatrics International, 49(2), 286-292. |
Swahili, |
* HIV-negative |
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| Attitudes to HIV testing | The 8-item scale was a part of a questionnaire "to assess knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and its testing among pregnant women and health professionals in Yunnan Province, south west China, to inform the introduction of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programmes." | Hesketh, T., Duo, L., Li, H., & Tomkins, A. M. (2005). Attitudes to HIV and HIV testing in high prevalence areas of china: Informing the introduction of voluntary counselling and testing programmes. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 81(2), 108. |
English |
* Medical providers * HIV-negative |
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| HIV testing and counselling for women attending child health clinics: An opportunity for entry to prevent mother-to-child transmission and HIV treatment | This is not a scale. "Attitudes to HIV testing in child health clinics were assessed by asking all women whether HIV testing and counselling should be offered in child health clinics and to explain their opinion. Women's responses to these open-ended questions were coded. Code labels were developed as themes emerged. Text was grouped according to common themes for presentation in a frequency distribution." | Chersich, M. F., Luchters, S. M. F., Othigo, M. J., Yard, E., Mandaliya, K., & Temmerman, M. (2008). HIV testing and counselling for women attending child health clinics: An opportunity for entry to prevent mother-to-child transmission and HIV treatment. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19(1), 42. |
Swahili |
* Women * HIV-negative |
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