Shortened and culturally appropriate HIV stigma scale for Asians living with HIV in the United States: Psychometric analysis

Instruments to measure HIV stigma in people living with HIV in the United States or in Asia may not be sensitive enough to capture the stigma experienced by Asians living with HIV (ALWH) in the United States. Our purpose was to adapt the shortened Berger Stigma Scale to be culturally appropriate for ALWH in the United States. We conducted a mixed method study (i.e., 5 in-depth face-to-face interviews, 6 subject matter expert reviews, 2 focus groups [n = 11]) to generate new scale items and a cross-sectional survey (n = 67) to evaluate the psychometric properties of the adapted scale called Stigma Scale for ALWH.
Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research