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. 2016 Jul;22(3):225-39.
doi: 10.1177/1078345816653871.

A Brief Assessment for HIV Risk: The TCU HVHP Form

Grace A Rowan  1 , George W Joe  2 , Wayne E K Lehman  2 , Kevin Knight  2
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A Brief Assessment for HIV Risk: The TCU HVHP Form

Grace A Rowan et al. J Correct Health Care. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

Targeted HIV screens may help identify some risk-related concerns of drug-using offenders. The present study describes the Texas Christian University HIV/Hepatitis Risk Assessment (TCU HVHP) form, a 19-item self-report instrument measuring HIV and hepatitis risks based on a sample (N = 1,056) of offenders in eight prisons. Principal components analysis indicated four scales (Injection Risk, Condom Attitudes, Sex Risk, and AIDS Concern) with reliable psychometric properties with coefficient α reliabilities ranging from .72 to .88. Concurrent validities indicated the four scales were related to motivation for treatment, level of drug use, psychosocial functioning, and criminal thinking, although the patterns varied by gender. The TCU HVHP Form should be attractive to programs needing a brief assessment measuring HIV risk behaviors, attitudes toward condom use, and concerns about acquiring and transmitting HIV.

Keywords: HIV; gender; hepatitis; offenders; screening.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. For information about JCHC’s disclosure policy, please see the Self-Study Program.

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