Assessing the validity of a single-item HIV risk stage-of-change measure.
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| Title: | Assessing the validity of a single-item HIV risk stage-of-change measure. |
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| Authors: | Napper LE (AUTHOR), Branson CM (AUTHOR), Fisher DG (AUTHOR), Reynolds GL (AUTHOR), Wood MM (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Drug Education. 2008, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p27-37. 11p. |
| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| URL: | 31729270 |
| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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