Norman Chong, Iskandar Azwa, Asfarina Amir Hassan, Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi, Pui Li Wong, Rong Xiang Ng, Rumana Saifi, Sazali Basri, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Suzan M Walters, Zachary K Collier, Marwan S Haddad, Frederick L Altice, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Valerie A Earnshaw
HIV activism has a long history of advancing HIV treatment and is critical in dismantling HIV-related stigma. This study evaluated the psychometric quality of the HIV Activist Identity, Commitment, and Orientation Scale (HAICOS) to assess clinicians' propensity towards HIV activism in Malaysia. From November 2022 to March 2023, 74 general practitioners and primary care physicians in Malaysia participated in the study. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) extracted an internally consistent three-factor solution with 13 items: (1) HIV activist identity and commitment, orientation towards (2) day-to-day, and (3) structural activism...
May 28, 2024: AIDS and Behavior