TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma Across South Africa
T2 - A Versatile and Multidimensional Scale
AU - Smith, Edward A.
AU - Miller, Jacqueline A.
AU - Newsome, Valerie
AU - Sofolahan, Yewande A.
AU - Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2014/8/1
Y1 - 2014/8/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/1090198113515245
DO - 10.1177/1090198113515245
M3 - Article
C2 - 24347146
AN - SCOPUS:84907175736
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 41
SP - 387
EP - 391
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -