Measuring HIV felt stigma: a culturally adapted scale targeting PLWHA in Puerto Rico.
AIDS Care
; 22(11): 1314-22, 2010 Nov.
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The objective of this study was to culturally adapt and validate a scale to measure HIV-related felt stigma in a group of People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Puerto Rico. The researchers conducted a two-phase cross-sectional study with 216 participants (60, first phase; 156, second phase). The first phase consisted of the cultural adaptation of the scale; the second evaluated its psychometric properties. After conducting a factor analysis, a 17-item scale, the HIV Felt-Stigma Scale (HFSS), resulted. Participants completed the Puerto Rico Comprehensive Center for the Study of Health Disparities Socio-demographic Questionnaire, the HFSS, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, and the Sexual Abuse dimension of the History of Abuse Questionnaire; the case managers completed the Case Manager Stigma Guide with subjects. The HFSS measures four dimensions: personalized stigma, disclosure concerns, negative self-image, and concern with public attitudes. The alpha and Pearson correlation coefficients (0.91 and 0.68, respectively) indicated satisfactory validity and reliability; the scale suggested adequate convergent validity. The HFSS is a culturally sensitive instrument that fills the existing gap in the measurement of felt stigma in Spanish-speaking PLWHA.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Preconceito
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Infecções por HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Care
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Porto Rico
País de publicação:
Reino Unido