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HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in Developing Countries

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Source Article

Genberg, B. L., Kawichai, S., Chingono, A., Sendah, M., Chariyalertsak, S., Konda, K. A., Celentano, D.D. (2008). Assessing HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in Developing Countries. AIDS Behav, 12:772-780.

Response Options

strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree

Survey Items

  1. People living with HIV/AIDS should be ashamed.
  2. People with AIDS should be isolated from other people.
  3. People who have HIV/AIDS are cursed.
  4. A person with HIV/AIDS should be allowed to work with other people.
  5. People living with HIV/AIDS deserve to be punished.
  6. Families of people living with HIV/AIDS should be ashamed.
  7. It is reasonable for an employer to fire people who have HIV/AIDS.
  8. People with HIV/AIDS are disgusting.
  9. People who have HIV/AIDS deserve compassion.
  10. People with HIV should be allowed to participate fully in the social events in this community.
  11. People living with HIV/AIDS face neglect from their family.
  12. People living with HIV/AIDS face physical abuse.
  13. People want to be friends with someone who has HIV/AIDS.
  14. People living with HIV/AIDS face ejection from their homes by their families.
  15. Most people would not buy vegetables from a shopkeeper or food seller that they knew had AIDS.
  16. People who are suspected of having HIV/AIDS lose respect in the community.
  17. People who have HIV/AIDS face verbal abuse.
  18. People living with HIV/AIDS face rejection from their peers.
  19. People who have HIV/AIDS should be treated the same as everyone else.
  20. People with HIV/AIDS do not deserve any support.
  21. People with HIV/AIDS should not have the same freedoms as other people.
  22. People living with HIV/AIDS should be treated similarly by health care professionals as people with other illnesses.

Internal Reliability

The three factors (shame, blame and social isolation; perceived discrimination; equity) had high internal consistency reliability in both research settings.

Validity

Good divergent validity

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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:

Genberg, B. L., Kawichai, S., Chingono, A., Sendah, M., Chariyalertsak, S., Konda, K. A., Celentano, D.D. (2008). Assessing HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in Developing Countries. AIDS Behav, 12:772-780.

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.