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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire
- Source :
- AIDS Education and Prevention. 14:172-182
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Guilford Publications, 2002.
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Abstract
- This research evaluated the psychometric properties of a brief self-report measure of HIV-related knowledge, the 18-item HIV Knowledge Questionnaire (HIV-KQ-18). Low-income men and women (N = 1,019) responded to 27 items that represented the domain of interest. Item analyses indicated that 18 items, with item-total correlations ranging from .24 to .57, be retained. Additional analyses demonstrated the HIV-KQ-18's internal consistency across samples (alphas = .75-.89), test-retest stability across several intervals (rs = .76- .94), and strong associations with a much longer, previously validated measure (rs = .93-.97). Data from three clinical trials indicated that the HIV-KQ-18 detected knowledge gains in treated participants when compared to untreated controls. We conclude that the HIV-KQ-18 is internally consistent, stable, sensitive to the change resulting from intervention, and suitable for use with low-literacy populations.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Validation study
Health (social science)
Psychometrics
education
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
HIV Infections
Pilot Projects
Health knowledge
medicine.disease_cause
Article
Developmental psychology
Risk-Taking
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal consistency
medicine
Humans
Poverty
Demography
Analysis of Variance
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
United States
Clinical trial
Infectious Diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
Female
Analysis of variance
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08999546
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS Education and Prevention
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....23bac62ae7bff697f24f5f987ca451cf