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

• Main Authors: Raquel Regina de Freitas Magalhães Gomes (Author), José Rodrigues Batista (Author), Maria das Graças Braga Ceccato (Author), Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr (Author), Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 were...