ERIC Number: EJ791907
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2379
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Assessing the Validity of a Single-Item HIV Risk Stage-of-Change Measure
Napper, Lucy E.; Branson, Catherine M.; Fisher, Dennis G.; Reynolds, Grace L.; Wood, Michelle M.
Journal of Drug Education, v38 n1 p27-37 2008
This study examined the validity of a single-item measure of HIV risk stage of change that HIV prevention contractors were required to collect by the California State Office of AIDS. The single-item measure was compared to the more conventional University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA). Participants were members of Los Angeles County-defined behavioral risk groups recruited from a mobile HIV testing program (N = 123). The study found low correspondence between participants' stage of change on the single-item and the URICA, suggesting that they do not assess the same construct, and that the single item may not provide a valid measure. The current data suggests that the single-item measure should be revised or abandoned in favor of more conventional stage-of-change measures. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Test Validity, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), At Risk Persons, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques, Screening Tests, Behavior Change, Health Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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