@article{article_72594, title={The Factor Structure of The HIV Antibody Testing Attitude Scale in Four African Countries}, journal={EASTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE}, volume={7}, pages={27–30}, year={2013}, url={https://izlik.org/JA97GM79UT}, author={Peltzer, K. and Mpofu, E.}, abstract={Objective: To determine the facture structure of the HIV <br />Antibody Testing Attitude Scale (HTAS) in an African <br />population. <br />Method: 760 first-year African university students from <br />Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe were <br />surveyed using the HIV Antibody Testing Attitude Scale. <br />Factor structure was determined by using the principal <br />component analysis with varimax rotation. <br />Results: Five components accounting for 51% of the <br />total variance were identified. The first factor <br />(eigenvalue: 5.11) accounted for 23.2% of the variance <br />in the responses and contained items concerned with <br />perceptions on trust and support about HIV antibody <br />testing, the second (eigenvalue: 2.19) 10% of the <br />variance included items that were largely related to <br />general concerns about HIV antibody testing, the third <br />(eigenvalue: 1.51) 6.9% of the variance and included <br />items related to fears about HIV antibody testing, the <br />fourth (eigenvalue: 1.11) 5% of the variance contained <br />items about concerns about the confidentiality of HIV <br />antibody testing, and the fifth factor (eigenvalue: 1.01) <br />accounted for 4.6% of the variance and reflected items <br />about friends’ concerns about HIV antibody testing. <br />Conclusion: This study identified “friends’ concerns”, <br />“confidentiality” and “general or public concerns” <br />about HIV antibody testing like among US students <br />(Boshamer & Bruce, 1999) but two major other factors <br />emerged as ‘trust and support’ and ‘fears’ about HIV <br />antibody testing. Issues around support and fears are <br />relevant facilitators or barriers that are important for <br />youth among African populations. <br />Key words: HIV antibody, factor structure, Africa}, number={2}