Measuring Stigma: Recommended survey module

Stigma Measures	Measuring Stigma Recommended survey module Excerpted from Evidence-based Generic Tools for Operational Research on HIV, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer (ed.), 2008 (forthcoming), Geneva: World Health Organization. General population survey module Sections A–D of this survey module provide items measuring the four key dimensions of stigma discussed earlier: inappropriate fear of contagion, negative judgments about people living with HIV, enacted stigma/discrimination against people living with HIV, and compounded stigma. (PDF or Word) People living with HIV survey module Sections A–C of this survey module provide items measuring key dimensions of stigma from the perspective of people living with HIV. (PDF or Word)
Domains of stigma and discrimination
Measures for inappropriate fear of contagion and resulting avoidance of people living with HIV
Measures for negative judgments of people living with HIV
Measures for enacted stigma (discrimination)
Measures for compounded/layered stigma
Measures for other aspects of stigma
How to use the survey items
Methodological issues for data collection
An example: Developing a stigma index in India
Example of a survey module
Additional survey items
HIV Stigma Scale
Working Report Measuring HIV Stigma: Results of a Field Test in Tanzania

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