Sexual Health and HIV Risk Stratification Scale (Han et al., 2021)

• Populations: Sexually active Tanzanian women not currently in school
• Age ranges: 15-24 years
• Languages: Kiswahili
• Countries: Tanzania

Items

• Have ever had anal sex
• Have ever experienced sexual violence
• Have ever experienced physical violence
• In the past one month, have gone to sleep at night hungry because there was no food
• Do not have an adult whom I can go for financial support
• Do not have an adult whom I can go for emotional support
• Had first sex at 15 years of age or below
• Have had concurrent sexual partners in the past 12 months
• Have had sex with anyone because he provided gifts or helped pay for things
• My current partner(s) is HIV-positive or have unknown HIV status

Responses:

Responses were binary yes / no

Scoring

Each item was assigned an ascending risk score ranging from 0 to 3, with 0 being no risk and 3 being the highest risk.

Citations

Han, H., Yang, F., Murray, S., Mbita, G., Bangser, M., Rucinski, K., Komba, A., Casalini, C., Drake, M., Majani, E., Curran, K., Mlawa, Y., Junga, A., Zoungrana, J., Kategile, U., Ramadhani, A., Xue, Q.-L., & Baral, S. (2021). Characterizing a sexual health and HIV risk stratification scale for sexually active adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Tanzania. PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0248153. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248153