Construction of the Brief Scale on HIV Stigmatization in the General Population of Buenos Aires

Stigmatization has accompanied the HIV pandemic since its origins, having negative consequences on the health of people with HIV and discouraging regular testing in the general population. Any design, monitoring, and readjustment of policies aimed at reducing stigmatization towards HIV require havin...

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Main Authors: Cuenya, Lucas, Lugo, Nancy, Contigiani, María Florencia, Sánchez-López, Jorge Mario, Castro, Leila, Radusky, Pablo, Gabini, Sebastián
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPSI, Conicet-UNC) 2023
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revaluar/article/view/39988
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Summary:Stigmatization has accompanied the HIV pandemic since its origins, having negative consequences on the health of people with HIV and discouraging regular testing in the general population. Any design, monitoring, and readjustment of policies aimed at reducing stigmatization towards HIV require having rigorous instruments for its measurement. The objective of this study was to build and validate a Brief Scale on HIV Stigmatization (BESEHIV) in a representative sample of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), taking into account its linguistic particularities. Four hundred (n = 400) participants between 18 and 60 years old were surveyed on public roads in a quota design to achieve representativeness of gender, age, level of education, and socioeconomic level. The BESE-HIV was made up of nine items and showed very good levels of reliability and evidence of adequate internal and external validity, which indicates it is a promising instrument.