Interest in Providing Safer Conception Counseling to Serodiscordant Couples
Interest in Providing Safer Conception Counseling to Serodiscordant Couples
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
ITEMS:
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
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
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
Psychometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 7.00/8 Points (HIGH)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
