Special Projects

CFAR Behavorial Science Instrument Bank

        Click on the topic below to go to applicable instruments:

·       Sexual Behavior/ Attitudes

·        Voluntary Counseling and Testing

·        Adherence

·        Condom Use

·        Risk

·        Stigma

·        Social Support/ Quality of Life

·        Miscellaneous (websites with multiple types of HIV/AIDS surveys)

Sexual Behavior/ Attitudes

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

  • Includes information on studies, locations, populations, scoring, and reliability and/or validity for each of the following surveys:
    • Measures of Sexual Attitudes and Behavior of Latino Adults
    • National Sexual Health Survey (NSHS)
    • Teen Peer Educators

 

Sexual Risks Scale - Attitudes Toward Condom Use                                                                      (The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_srsa.htm

  • Includes reliability and references
  • This scale can be used to assess attitudes toward condom use among college students.
  • This is a subscale of the Sexual Risks Scale

 

Health Belief Model - Intentions for Safer Sex (Baywood Publishing)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_hbmi.htm

  • Contains reliability information
  • This scale can be used to assess safer sex intentions among adolescents
  • Used on a sample of 452 African American and White incarcerated youth between the ages of 13 and 18.
  • This is a subscale of the Health Belief Model scale.

 

Stereotypes About AIDS Questionnaire ( SE Missouri State University)

http://www4.semo.edu/snell/scales/SAAQ.htm

  • William E. Snell, Jr., SE Missouri State University
  • Phil Finney, SE Missouri State University
  • Lisa J. Godwin, SE Missouri State University
  • Site has info on scoring, reliability, validity, and references
  • Four subscales listed

 

Intentions to Use Condoms (public domain)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_iuc.htm

  • Has assessment, scoring, and reference information

 

Beliefs About Preventing AIDS (The Guilford Press)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_bapa.htm

  • This scale has been used to assess beliefs regarding the prevention of AIDS among adolescents (Koopman et al., 1990).
  • Has five subscales
  • Reliability and reference information

 

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NIH)

Knowledge and Attitudes about HIV and AIDS Scale

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/

  • Self-administered with 25 questions. The question response consists of multiple choice and the 5-point Likert Scale.
  • Designed to assess: (a) general knowledge about transmission, contagion, epidemiology, and medical treatment of HIV and AIDS; and (b) attitudes toward HIV.
  • Shows reference of full text

 

Back to Top of Page

Voluntary Counseling and Testing

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

  • HIV Counseling and Testing in Developing Countries
    • These surveys are used with the Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Efficacy study was a randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of HIV counseling and testing for the prevention of new HIV infections. The study was conducted at three sites: Nairobi , Kenya ; Dar- Es- Salaam , Tanzania and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad .
    • Has reliability/validity and reference
  • Qualitative Survey- HIV Testing and Counseling Among Injection Drug Users
    • Survey was used with Project Access, a qualitative needs assessment to examine counseling and testing utilization and prevention programs through the perspective of drug-using clients.
    • Designed to assess: 1) the behavioral, psychosocial and social risk factors that influence high-risk drug users decisions to test for HIV, 2) the service delivery factors that influence high-risk drug users' decision to test for HIV; 3) how high-risk drug users employ HIV testing in personal prevention strategies; 4) and how knowledge of HIV test results affects risk behavior.

 Population Council

http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/aidsquest/topics/vct.html

  • Example survey about services, attitudes, and disclosure compiled from other VCT studies

 

Project Access (CAPS) - Qualitative Survey

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/accesssurvey.html

  • Gives detailed information on how to administer survey
  • Shows preliminary findings from study of attitudes of injection drug users in California

 

Back to Top of Page

Adhe rence

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

  • Self-Report Adherence to Medications
  • Questionnaire developed by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) Recruitment, Adherence, and Retention Subcommittee
  • Has both baseline and follow up questionnaires
  • Citation for reliability and validity, also two available abstracts on adherence in clinical trials and practice as back ground

 Population Council

http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/aidsquest/topics/index.html

  • Three surveys to assess adherence:
    • Adherence and Sexual Risk Behavior Among HIV-positive Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Delhi and Pune , India
    • Testing Different Approaches to Promoting Adherence to HAART in Mombasa , Kenya (Baseline and follow up, includes translation)
    • Enhancing HAART in Thailand
  • No information on administering the survey, scoring, reliability and/or validity

 

The Measurement Group

http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/modules/misc/protease_int.htm

  • Adherence to Protease Inhibitor Therapy Interview
  • Presented as a sample of a feedback form which can be used to assess how well a patient is adhering to their drug therapy

 

CLEAR Project Adherence Measure (CLEARA)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/pdf/assessments/clear_medication_adherence.pdf

  • Developed by the Center for Community Health
  • No information on scoring, reliability and/or validity

 

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NIH)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/

  • Adherence monitoring evaluation from AArdex, Ltd. (http://www.aardex.ch/E/products/sproducts.htm)
    • The Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) measures and analyzes the compliance of patients to prescribed drug regimens by collecting real-time data on the patient's monitor; by transferring the data from the monitor to a personal computer by means of a communicator; by storing the data in a database; by displaying and printing reports of the results (tables and plots).

 

Measuring Adherence in HIV/AIDS Patient Care Plans ( University of Oklahoma )

http://www.ou.edu/rec/adherence/

  • Three sample surveys of adherence, including social behaviors linked to increased adherence

 

Back to Top of Page

 

Condom Use

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

  • Three surveys addressing condom use as part of sexual behaviors:
    • Condom use among Hispanic males and females (both English and Spanish)
      • Has reference to study, reliability, and validity
    • National Sexual Health Survey
      • NSHS is national telephone survey of adults in the United States- addresses a variety of questions including condom practices
      • Includes references and detailed information about scoring, analyzing, administering, reliability, and validity
    • Risk Behavior for Gay Men
      • Four part survey over 48 months
      • used with the Explore project and cover social activity, attitude, PEP, drug use and sexual behavior
      • Includes reference and detailed study protocol

 

Intentions to Use Condoms (IUC) (public domain)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_iuc.htm

  • Short (five item, five minute) survey
  • Survey is based on the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change
  • Includes scoring and multiple references

 

Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (CUSES) (Heldref Publications)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_cuses.htm

  • Used to assess an individual's perception of his or her ability to use condoms.
  • Includes references, reliability, scoring and subscales

 

Self-efficacy for negotiating condom use (For Adolescents)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_old/asmt_nc.html

  • Gives subscale of more comprehensive study
  • Includes references, scoring, validity, and link to larger study

 

Health Belief Model - Self-Efficacy for Condom Use (HBMC) (Baywood Publishing)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_hbmc.htm

  • Subscale of Health Belief Model Scale
  • The scale below can be used to assess self-efficacy for condom use among adolescents (Lux & Petosa, 1994).
  • Includes reference and reliability

 Back to Top of Page

Risk

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

  • Behavioral Risk Assessment of Latino Gay/Bisexual Men
    • Instrument in Spanish
    • Developed through the Hermanos de Luna y Sol program, a culturally-appropriate HIV risk-reduction intervention that targets immigrant, Spanish-speaking gay/bisexual men in San Francisco
    • Includes link to latest report
    • No information on scoring, reliability and/or validity
  • National Sexual Health Survey
    • NSHS is national telephone survey of adults in the United States- addresses a variety of questions including risk behaviors
    • Includes references and detailed information about scoring, analyzing, administering, reliability, and validity
  • Focus Group Questions for Sexual Negotiation
    • Two outlines of focus group questions, one with young heterosexual women and one with young gay/bisexual men
    • Includes reference
  • Risk Behavior for Gay Men
    • Four part survey over 48 months
    • used with the Explore project and cover social activity, attitude, PEP, drug use and sexual behavior
    • Includes reference and detailed study protocol

 

The Measurement Group

http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/modules/modules.htm

  • A module used in the evaluation of the HRSA HIV/AIDS bureau's special projects of national significance on innovative models of HIV/AIDS care
  • Purpose is to code issues in sexual transmission, injection drug use behavior, and other risk behaviors
  • Includes references, instructions, reliability and context

 

Institute of Behavioral Research- Texas Christian University

http://www.ibr.tcu.edu/pubs/datacoll/AIDSRisk.html

  • Survey developed from a hospital intake form to assess drug use and sex related HIV risks in the past 6 months and 30 days
  • Includes answer cards, references, and links to projects using the survey

 

NIMH Multisite HIV Risk Prevention Assessment

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_nimh.htm

  • Medpathways: American Hospital Association, the Health Research and Educational

 

CDC Sexual Behavior Questions

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_csbq.htm

CDC Drug-Related HIV Risk and Preventive Behaviors

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_cdpb.htm

CDC HIV Testing Questions

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_chtq.htm

  • These three risk assessments are being developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV-STD Behavioral Surveillance Working Group to standardize collection of data on HIV risk and preventive behaviors. The assessments include baseline items and items to be asked at subsequent follow-up periods.

 

HIV Risk-taking Behavior Scale (National Drug and Alcohol Research Center )

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_hrbs.htm

  • This scale can be used to assess HIV risk among intravenous drug users (Darke et al., 1991). The HIV risk-taking behavior scale (HRBS) includes two subscales to measure injecting and sexual behavior.
  • Includes reference and reliability

 

Brief HIV Screener (Elsevier)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_bhs.htm

  • This instrument can be used a brief screener for HIV risk
  • Intended for use in primary health care settings, and is self-administered.
  • Includes reliability and reference

 

Medical Outcomes Study- HIV Health Survey

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/pdf/assessments/MOSHIV.35item.pdf

  • Through John Hopkins University   (1999)
  • Draft of user manual also available for references, administering procedures, and detailed scoring information and interpretation

 Back to Top of Page

Stigma

Population Council

http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/aidsquest/topics/stigma.html

  • Compilation of sample questions about stigma from eight different sources
  • No information on administering the survey, scoring, reliability and/or validity

 

Public Reactions to AIDS in the United States 1990-1991 (Herek and Capitanio 1992)

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/aids_stigma_paper.html#measures

  • Has study results, full survey, and reliability for phone survey on attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS

 Back to Top of Page

 

Social Support/ Quality of Life

Population Council

http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/aidsquest/topics/index.html

  • Compilation of sample questions from international studies about social support and quality of life
  • No information on administering the survey, scoring, reliability and/or validity

 

The Measurement Group

http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/modules/mods/module46.htm

  • A module used in The Measurement Group's cross-cutting Evaluation of the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's Special Projects of National Significance on Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care
  • Purpose is to assess presence and importance for sources of social support
  • Includes references, context, reliability, and instructions

 

Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (Plenum Publishing)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_issb.htm

  • Scale used to assess social support
  • Includes citation for subscales and factor analysis, references, reliability and coding information

 

Social Support for Adolescents Scale (Plenum Publishing)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/Assessment_Instruments/Assessment_files_new/assess_ssas.htm

  • Used to examine seven individuals in an adolescent’s life as an indicator of social support
  • Includes references and reliability

 

Social Support Survey Instrument

http://www.rand.org/health/surveys/mos.survey.html

  • Part of the Medical Outcomes Study by Rand Corporation

 Back to Top of Page

Miscellaneous

(websites with multiple types of HIV/AIDS research surveys)

 

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/instrumentindex.html

 Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (UCLA)

http://chipts.ucla.edu/assessment/

 The Measurement Group

http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/modules/modules.htm

 National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NIH)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/

 National Center for Health Statistics- Surveys and Data Collection Systems

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm

 

 Back to Top of Page