Measuring HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma across South Africa: A Versatile and Multidimensional Scale

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Edward A.; Miller, Jacqueline A.; Newsome, Valerie; Sofolahan, Yewande A.; Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.
Titel	Measuring HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma across South Africa: A Versatile and Multidimensional Scale
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 41 (2014) 4, S.387-391 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198113515245
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Foreign Countries; Social Bias; Social Change; Attitude Change; Test Validity; Graduate Students; Surveys; Qualitative Research; Family (Sociological Unit); Clinics; Focus Groups; Government Role; Social Attitudes; Allied Health Personnel; Factor Analysis; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Testvalidität; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Qualitative Forschung; Familie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Faktorenanalyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma is critical in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Although national campaigns and prevention programs have been implemented across South Africa to address this critical concern, assessing the impact of these initiatives is difficult as it requires that measurement of HIV/AIDS-related stigma is uniform and comparable nationwide. The appropriateness of existing stigma measures for this task is unclear as measurement of HIV/AIDS-related stigma may be qualitatively different across South Africa's diverse population. The current study assesses a theoretically and culturally informed multidimensional, HIV/AIDS-related stigma scale for measurement invariance across a sample drawn from two culturally distinct South African provinces: Limpopo (n = 597) and Western Cape (n = 598). Results suggest measurement invariance across groups for the HIV/AIDS stigma scale, supporting the scale's integrity and appropriateness for use across diverse populations. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10