HIV/AIDS knowledge among men who have sex with men: applying the item response theory

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among men who have sex with men in Brazil using the latent trait model estimated by Item Response Theory. METHODS Multicenter, cross-sectional study, carried out in ten Brazilian cities between 2008 and 2009. Adult men who have sex with men wer...

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Main Authors: Raquel Regina de Freitas Magalhães Gomes, José Rodrigues Batista, Maria das Graças Braga Ceccato, Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000200206&lng=en&tlng=en

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