“Facilitating HIV status adjustment: Qualitative insights from the Tambua Mapema proof-of-concept study in Kenya”

Journal article

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a significant public health issue among young people living in Botswana. There is a need for reliable and valid psychological and behavioural measures of causally important constructs for this population. We developed a new HIV knowledge measure for use with 10–19-year-olds living with HIV and translated and adapted additional tools measuring HIV adjustment, HIV disclosure cognitions and affect, HIV communication beliefs, antiretroviral (ART) adherence, and self-esteem, using a multi-step process. This included (1) item generation for the HIV knowledge questionnaire, (2) translation including back-translation and expert review, (3) cognitive interviewing, (4) reliability testing (5) preliminary validity analysis. The HIV Knowledge Questionnaire for Adolescents living with HIV, the Illness Cognition Questionnaire, the Adolescent HIV Disclosure Cognition and Affect Scale, the HIV Communication Beliefs Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale showed acceptable or good reliability and some evidence of validity for adolescents living with HIV in Botswana

Authors: van der Elst, EM; Abuna, M; Agutu, C; Ogada, F; Galole, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Journal: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: e0261255-e0261255
• Publication date: 2022-01-13
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261255
• EISSN: 1932-6203
• ISSN: 1932-6203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sociology; Medicine; Immunology; Social science; Computer science; Proof of concept; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Qualitative research