The acceptability of a computer HIV/AIDS risk assessment to not-in-treatment drug users.
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study assessing the acceptability of a computer HIV risk assessment instrument administered to not-in-treatment drug users. The study asked three questions related to acceptability: (1) are drug users comfortable responding to HIV risk question...
| Publicado en: | AIDS Care Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 701 - 712 |
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| Formato: | research teaching materials Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec98
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107207292&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107207292 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09540121 AAE jtl: AIDS Care issn: 09540121 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec98 vid: 10 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 107207292 107207292 1999052107 10.1080/09540129848325 NLM9924525 107207292 ppf: 701 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: The acceptability of a computer HIV/AIDS risk assessment to not-in-treatment drug users. aug: au: Williams ML Freeman RC Bowen AM Saunders L affil: Behavioral Research Group, NOVA Research Co., 1214 West Alabama St., Houston, TX 77006 sug: subj: Attitude to Computers HIV Infections Patient Satisfaction Risk Assessment Methods Substance Use Disorders Psychosocial Factors Decision Making, Computer Assisted Questionnaires Substance Abuse, Intravenous Psychosocial Factors Coefficient alpha Internal Consistency Wyoming Random Assignment Interviews Funding Source Adult Middle Age Aged Male Female Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study assessing the acceptability of a computer HIV risk assessment instrument administered to not-in-treatment drug users. The study asked three questions related to acceptability: (1) are drug users comfortable responding to HIV risk questions using the computer assessment; (2) do drug users feel that they possess the requisite skill to respond to questions using a computer; and (3) do drug users believe that the responses they provide using the computer assessment will remain private and confidential. This study differs from other assessments of the acceptability of computer assisted data collection in that the population of interest has only limited education and interaction with computers. Furthermore, the study was implemented under field conditions. To conduct the study, an existing HIV risk assessment instrument was adapted for use with the computer. Only slight modifications were made to the content of the instrument. To facilitate data collection with this population, audio enhancement and touch screen were used. Three scales measuring comfort, skill and perceived privacy were developed. Results of analysis showed that drug users are comfortable responding to an HIV risk assessment using computer assisted interviewing. Drug users also perceived that they possessed the requisite skill to successfully complete the interview. And, study participants reported that they believed that their responses using the computer interview would remain private and confidential. Only minor differences in scale scores based on sociodemographic characteristics were found among study participants. Implications of the findings are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research teaching materials Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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