Validated HIV Knowledge Scales for Use with Adults and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

J L Stewart¹, Deshira D Wallace², Abby Nance³, Christine A Schalkoff², Breana J Uhrig Castonguay⁴, Laura Widman³, Michael P Carey^{5

6

7}, Carol E Golin^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Applied Social and Community Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, 640 Poe Hall, Campus, Box 7650, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7650, USA. j_stewart@ncsu.edu.
² Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 302 Rosenau Hall, 135 Dauer Drive, CB7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
³ Applied Social and Community Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, 640 Poe Hall, Campus, Box 7650, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7650, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
⁵ Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁷ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

PMID: 34729670
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03521-4

Validated HIV Knowledge Scales for Use with Adults and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

J L Stewart et al. AIDS Behav. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;26(5):1695-1715.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03521-4. Epub 2021 Nov 3.

Authors

J L Stewart¹, Deshira D Wallace², Abby Nance³, Christine A Schalkoff², Breana J Uhrig Castonguay⁴, Laura Widman³, Michael P Carey^{5

6

7}, Carol E Golin^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Applied Social and Community Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, 640 Poe Hall, Campus, Box 7650, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7650, USA. j_stewart@ncsu.edu.
² Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 302 Rosenau Hall, 135 Dauer Drive, CB7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
³ Applied Social and Community Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, 640 Poe Hall, Campus, Box 7650, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7650, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
⁵ Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁷ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

PMID: 34729670
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03521-4

Erratum in

Correction to: Validated HIV Knowledge Scales for Use with Adults and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
Stewart JL, Wallace DD, Nance A, Schalkoff CA, Uhrig Castonguay BJ, Widman L, Carey MP, Golin CE. Stewart JL, et al. AIDS Behav. 2022 May;26(5):1716. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03536-x. AIDS Behav. 2022. PMID: 34786645 No abstract available.

Abstract

HIV knowledge - the information a person possesses about HIV - is essential for the prevention and management of HIV. Therefore, the accurate measurement of HIV knowledge is important for both science and practice. This systematic review identifies extant HIV knowledge scales that have been validated with adolescent and adult populations and summarizes the state of this research. We searched seven electronic databases, which resulted in 6,525 articles. After title/abstract and full-text review, 27 studies remained and underwent qualitative review of reported scale psychometric properties. Many studies were conducted in the last decade (n = 12), reflecting advances in scientific knowledge of HIV. Five were exclusively adolescent-based studies (sample age ≤ 18). Most studies reported reliability (n = 25) or at least one form of validity (n = 21). Future studies should develop or refine HIV knowledge scales so that they reflect recent scientific developments, use rigorous psychometric testing, and target samples that include those persons at highest risk for HIV.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Knowledge; Measurement; Reliability; Validation.

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