HIV/AIDS

Research reports on HIV/AIDS from Emory University provide new insights

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 21st, 2009

"Our objective in this study was to assess the validity and dependability of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), which was developed for international use, among community health volunteers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The HFIAS was translated into Amharic and subsequently tested for content and face validity," scientists in the United States report.

"This was followed by a quantitative validation study based on a representative sample (n = 99) of female community volunteers (HIV/AIDS home-based caregivers), with whom the HFIAS was administered at 3 time points over the course of 2008, in the context of the local and global ''food crisis.'' By pooling...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-09-21)

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