Psychometric evaluation of the HIV stigma scale in a Swedish context.

HIV-related stigma has negative consequences for infected people's lives and is a barrier to HIV prevention. Therefore valid and reliable instruments to measure stigma are needed to enable mapping of HIV stigma. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the HIV stigma scale in...

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Main Authors: Maria H Lindberg, Lena Wettergren, Maria Wiklander, Veronica Svedhem-Johansson, Lars E Eriksson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4270782?pdf=render