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ArticleStigma and health2023

Psychometric Evaluation and Validation of the HIV Stigma Scale in Spanish among Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender Women.

Yerina S Ranjit, Archana Krishnan, Valerie A Earnshaw, Damian Weikum, Enrico G Ferro, Jorge Sanchez, Frederick L Altice

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Article in Stigma and health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Social Support as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Stigma and Mental Health in Adults Living with HIV.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yerina S RanjitDepartment of Communication, University of Missouri.ORCID 0000-0002-4361-7508
Archana KrishnanDepartment of Communication, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Valerie A EarnshawDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware.
Damian WeikumAIDS Program, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine.
Enrico G FerroAIDS Program, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine.
Jorge SanchezCentro de Investigaciones Tecnologicas, Biomedicas y Medioambientales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Frederick L AlticeAIDS Program, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine.
AIDS United · USAlbany State University · USNational University of San Marcos · PEUniversity of Delaware · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
HIV Testing and Treatment to Prevent Onward HIV Transmission among High-risk MSMR01DA032106 · NIDA · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI DUERR, ANN C · 2011 to 2015
$6.6M
Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Among Released PrisonersR01AA018944 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ALTICE, FREDERICK LEWIS, SPRINGER, SANDRA ANN · 2009 to 2013
$3.8M
Enhancing Health Outcomes Among HIV+ Substance AbusersK24DA017072 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ALTICE, FREDERICK LEWIS · 2003 to 2012
$1.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA018944NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA017072NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stigma and discrimination toward the LGBTQ community is pervasive and negatively impacts health. Validated measures of stigma in Spanish, however, are limited and none have specifically validated HIV-related stigma in Spanish-speaking men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in resource-limited settings. The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of a standardized HIV Stigma Scale, translated to Spanish, including its factor structure. Measures consisted of self-reported socio-demographic measures of age, sex, sexual orientation, education, employment status, income, living situation, HIV stigma, depressive symptoms, and social support. Using SPSS AMOS 24, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 10-item Wright HIV Stigma Scale translated to Spanish was conducted in 359 MSM and TGW with HIV recruited from HIV clinics in Lima, Peru. The path model with three sub-scales: enacted, anticipated and internalized stigma, with eight items had an adequate fit to the data. The Spanish version (HIV Stigma Scale-ES) and its dimensions are similar to the ones validated in English for people with HIV (not MSM). Each construct was deemed to be reliable and showed good construct validity. Given the need to better understand and measure stigma in Spanish-speaking MSM, the HIV Stigma Scale-ES can be a useful tool to examine stigma.

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HIV preventionHIV stigma scaleMSMpsychometric evaluationsocial supportSpanish

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PMID38434589
PMCPMC10906740
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