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- Title
Assessing the validity of a single-item HIV risk stage-of-change measure.
- Authors
Napper, Lucy E; Branson, Catherine M; Fisher, Dennis G; Reynolds, Grace L; Wood, Michelle M
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Journal of drug education, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0047-2379
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2190/DE.38.1.c