Perceived Partner’s Willingness to Use Safer Conception Methods
Perceived Partner’s Willingness to Use Safer Conception Methods
The Perceived Partner’s Willingness to Use Safer Conception Methods is a three-item measure designed to assess HIV clients’ perceptions of their partners’ willingness to attend safer conception counseling and to use safer contraceptive methods.
High Psychometric Score
Short Measure
ITEMS:
1. Your partner would attend a doctor visit with you to learn about safer ways to conceive a child
2. Your partner would be open to trying methods to reduce risk during conception
3. Your partner would be willing to wait to have unprotected or “live” sex until your/both of your CD4 counts are at a high level
Response Options:
5-point Likert scale
No confidence – 1
High confidence – 5
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Compute the mean item score. Higher scores represent a greater perception among HIV clients of their partner's willingness to use safer conception methods.
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
