Advanced search
Publication Cover
Social Work in Public Health Volume 30, 2015 - Issue 3
Submit an article Journal homepage
91
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Precision Across Race, Age and Gender of a HIV Risk Screen for Adolescents and Young Adults

Michiel A. van ZylUniversity of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work, Louisville, Kentucky, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Christina StudtsDepartment of Health Behavioral, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
&
Kathryn PahlShout-It-Now, Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 260-271 | Published online: 09 Mar 2015

References

  • BakerF. B. (1985). The basics of item response theory. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). Youth risk behavior surveillance: United States, 2009. Surveillance Summaries, MMWR 59 (No. SS-5).
  • CraneP. K., GibbonsL. E., JolleyL., & Van BelleG. (2006). Differential Item functioning analysis with ordinal logistic regression techniques: DIF detect and difwithpar. Medical Care, 44(11 Suppl 3), S115–S123.
  • ChoiS. W., GibbonsL. E., & CraneP. K. (2011). lordif: An R package for detecting differential item functioning using iterative hybrid ordinal logistic regression/item response theory and Monte Carlo simulations. Journal of Statistical Software, 39(8), 1–28.
  • Du RandtR. H., SmithJ. A., KreiterS. R., & KrowchukD. P. (1999). The relationship between early age of onset of initial substance use and engaging in multiple health risk behaviors among young adolescents. Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, 153, 286–291.
  • GuttmacherS., WeitsmanB., KapadiaF., & WeinbergS. (2002). Classroom-based surveys of adolescent risk taking behaviors: Reducing the bias of absenteism. American Journal of Public Health, 92(2), 235–237.
  • NunnallyJ. C., & BernsteinI. H. (1994). Psychometric theory (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • HudsonW. W. (1982). The clinical measurement package: A field manual. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.
  • ReeveB. B., HaysR. D., BjornerJ. B., CookK. F., CraneP. K., TeresiJ. A.,… PROMIS Cooperative Group (2007). Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life item banks plans for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). Medical Care, 45(5), S22–S31.
  • SamejimaF. (1969). Calibration of latent ability using a response pattern of graded scores. Psychometrika Monograph Supplement, 17.
  • SteinbergL., & ThissenD. (1996). Uses of item response theory and the testlet concept in the measurement of psychopathology. Psychological Methods, 1, 81–97.
  • ThissenD., ChenW. H., & BockR. D. (2003). MULTILOG 7.03 [computer software]. Lincolnwood, IL: Scientific Software International.
  • Van ZylM. A., BarneyR., & PahlK. (2014). VCT and celebrity based HIV/AIDS prevention education: A pilot program implemented in Cape Town secondary schools. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 13(3). doi:10.1080/15381501.2013.864174.
  • WainerH., & ThissenD. (1996). How is reliability related to the quality of test scores? What is the effect of local dependence on reliability?Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 15, 22–29.
  • YenW. (1993). Scaling performance assessments: Strategies for managing local item dependence. Journal of Educational Measurement, 30, 187–213.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.