The Interest in Providing Safer Conception Counseling to Serodiscordant Couples scale is a two-item measure designed to assess providers’ interest in providing specific aspects of safer conception counseling (SCC) to serodiscordant couples.
High Psychometric Score
Short Measure
1. How interested are you in providing guidance on how to conceive safely to a couple where the woman is HIV+ and the man is not?
2. How interested are you in providing guidance on how to conceive safely to a couple where the man is HIV+ and the woman is not?
Response Options:
10-point Likert scale
Low level of interest – 1
High level of interest – 10
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adults
Compute the mean item score. Higher scores represent a greater interest in providing safer conception counseling to serodiscordant couples.
PRIMARY CITATION:
Woldetsadik, M. A., Goggin, K., Staggs, V. S., Wanyenze, R. K., Beyeza-Kashesya, J., Mindry, D., Finocchario-Kessler, S., Khanakwa, S., & Wagner, G. J. (2016). Safer conception methods and counseling: Psychometric evaluation of new measures of attitudes and beliefs among HIV clients and providers. AIDS Behavior, 20(6), 1370-1381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1199-3
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Total Score: 7.00/8 Points (HIGH)
For more details, see Scoring Methodology