Translation and cultural adaptation of drug use stigma and HIV stigma measures among people who use drugs in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People who use drugs (PWUD) experience stigma from multiple sources due to their drug use. HIV seroprevalence for PWUD in Tanzania is estimated to range from 18 to 25%. So, many PWUD will also experience HIV stigma. Both HIV and drug use stigma have negative health and social outcomes, it is therefore important to measure their magnitude and impact. However, no contextually and linguistically adapted measures are available to assess either HIV or drug use stigma among PWUD in Tanzania. In response, we translated and culturally adapted HIV and drug use stigma measures among Tanzanian PWUD and described that process in this study.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. We translated and adapted existing validated stigma measures by following a modified version

SUBMITTER: Mlunde LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586607 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature