Please fill in ONE response for each of the following statements: | None of the time | A little of the time | Some of the time | Most of the time | All of the time | |
1 | HIV is different than other diseases like cancer because people with HIV are judged | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2 | People assume I have done something bad to get HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
3 | Society looks down on people who have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4 | People think that if you have HIV then you got what you deserve | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
5 | People blame me for having HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | People assume I slept around because I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
7 | People think that if you have HIV you do not deserve to have children | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
8 | People are afraid to let someone with HIV adopt a child | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
9 | People think I am a bad person because I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
10 | Medical providers assume people with HIV sleep around | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
11 | People lose their jobs because they have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
12 | People think you can′t be a good parent if you have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
13 | I am concerned if I go to the HIV clinic someone I know might see me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
14 | I am concerned if I have physical changes from the HIV medicines people will know I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
15 | I am concerned if I go to an AIDS organization someone I know might see me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
16 | I am concerned people will find out I have HIV by looking at my medical paperwork | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
17 | I am concerned that if I am sick people I know will find out about my HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
18 | Nurses and doctors treat people who have HIV as if they are contagious | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
19 | Nurses and doctors dislike caring for patients with HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
20 | I feel abandoned by family members because I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
21 | People treat me as less than human now that I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
22 | People avoid me because I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
23 | People I am close to are afraid they will catch HIV from me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
24 | I feel like I am an outsider because I have HIV | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |