Coping With AIDS by Fleishman (CWAF) – Scale

This scale was developed to assess coping strategies among individuals living with AIDS (Fleishman & Fogel, 1994). The items in this scale were chosen from items developed in other studies (Billings and Moos, 1981, Folkman et al., 1986, and Pearlin and Schooler, 1978).

 

HIV Related Incidents – Survey

This survey assess HIV related incidents. This survey asks questions related to being teased or made fun of by others, being avoided by others, and being insulted verbally.

Life Events Assessment – Survey

This survey assess life events and their importance. This survey asks questions related to moving into a new home, the death of a family member, and parents divorcing.

Proposed ADAP Cost-Sharing Threatens the Health of Californians Living with HIV/AIDS – Policy Brief

This policy briefs addresses how will new cost-sharing fees proposed for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program affect people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in California. The governor’s cost-sharing proposal for ADAP will likely be a significant financial barrier to ADAP’s low-income beneficiaries. This is particularly problematic considering the high costs of these life-saving medications.

Dealing with Illness – Scale

Dealing With Illness scale was designed to assess cognitive and behavioral responses made in efforts to cope with illness and was based on Billings and Moos’ (1981) description of three methods of coping. Items selected for the scale were from Amerikan’s (1985) Dealing With Illness coping instrument and the Moos, Cronkite, Billings, and Finney (1984) Healthand Daily Living Form.

Dealing with Mother’s Illness – Survey

This survey assesses what some people do to help them to deal with their mother’s illness. For example, some people react emotionally like crying and getting upset all the time, while others deal with their mother’s illness differently, like getting high or drunk often.

HIV Health Survey – Medical Outcomes Study (MOS-HIV) (Thai Version) – Scale

This scale measures for people living with HIV using the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) instrument (Ichikawa, 2004; Wu, 1997). Three subscales from the MOS-HIV (general health, mental health, and physical health) were used in this study. Revicki, D.A., Sorensen, S., Wu, A.W. (1998). Reliability and validity of physical health and mental health summary scores from the MOS HIV Health Survey. Med Care, 36, 126–137.