E-Module (SSA) - Section 5.8.9

Section 1:
What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?
Section 2:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?
Section 3:
What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?
Section 4:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?
Section 5:
What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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Section 1: What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?

Section 2: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?

Section 3: What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?

3.1 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?

Section 4: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?

4.4 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among children and youth living with HIV?

Section 5: What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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5.8.9 – Stigma

Measure (Authors, Year)	Generic vs Specific, Purpose	Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains	Measurement Properties
HIV Stigma Scale⁶⁸	HIV-specific Descriptive	Self-reported questionnaire 40 items 4 domains	Reliability: Good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.90 for subscales and 0.96 for the summary scale) among people living with HIV. Validity: Construct validity in a sample of people living with HIV.

Measure (Authors, Year)

Generic vs Specific, Purpose

Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains

Measurement Properties

HIV Stigma Scale⁶⁸

HIV-specific

Descriptive

Self-reported questionnaire

40 items

4 domains

Reliability: Good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.90 for subscales and 0.96 for the summary scale) among people living with HIV.

Validity: Construct validity in a sample of people living with HIV.

⁶⁸Berger BE, Ferrans CE, Lashley FR. Measuring stigma in people with HIV: psychometric assessment of the HIV stigma scale. Res Nurs Health. 2001 Dec;24(6):518-29. PubMed PMID: 11746080. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11746080.

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5.8.9 – Stigma