Re: Standard research tool for KAPB Survey

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The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices (KABP) surveys

“The KABP surveys were designed to provide information on knowledge, attitudes

and behaviour with regard to HIV/ AIDS. More specifically the KABP surveys were

designed to collect data on knowledge about HIV infection and AIDS, and to

investigate attitudes to and beliefs about HIV infection, attitudes to AIDS and

toward people with AIDS. Further, it attempted to assess the awareness of the

relationship between certain behaviours and HIV infection, to identify the main

sources of AIDS information and education, to collect basic data on the relative

prevalence of selected behaviours associated with the risks of HIV infection and

to determine use of condoms as a means of risk reduction. Finally, it attempted

to analyse the relationship between these cognitive, attitudinal and behavioural

factors highlighted and socio-demographic and other characteristics”.

Often a KABP survey is consist of the following sections; Awareness of AIDS,

Knowledge of AIDS, Source of information about AIDS, Attitudes to AIDS, Beliefs

about AIDS, Behavioural responses to AIDS, knowledge and use of condoms.

(Moderator)

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Dear FORUM,

You could look at http://www.jhuccp.org/research/tools.shtml. a few

KAP tools are available here in PDF format (downloadable). There is

oe in specific reference to India and one for Nepal that you might

find useful.

Regards,

Medha

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Medha Gandhi

South Asian Research & Development Initiative

CA-1-D, Munirka, New Delhi 110 067. India

Tel; 91-11-26180038, 91-11-26181578.

Fax; 91-11-26181578.

E-mail; medha@...

Office; office@...

Website; www.mobilityandhiv.org

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Re: Standard format for KAP Survey

Dear FORUM,

Although I could not understand what you meant by " KAP format " , you can refer to

'Guideline for Repeated Behavioral Surveys in Populations at Risk of HIV'

(published by Family Health International/United States Agency for International

Development. It gives us the research instruments for Behavioral Surveillance

Survey (BSS)- which is a improved/sophisticated version of " so called KAP " . You

can use the research instrument given for 'adult target groups'. You might find

a copy of this guideline with TANSACS. Otherwise, I can send you a copy if it is

not available there.

Thanks

Dr. A. Rajatashuvra

Technical Manager- FHI India Country Office

e-mail:<radhikary@...>

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Additonal resources.(Moderator)

ORG Centre for Social Research; Centre for Development and Population Activities

(CEDPA);USAID. for Global Health. Office of Population and Reproductive Health;

USAID. Mission to India (2003) Knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practices

(KABP) survey of male reproductive and sexual health among truckers and

cleaners/helpers in three cities of Jharkhand [india]

www.cedpa.org/publications/pdf/ india_truckerscleaners.pdf

WHO/GPA/SBR (1988)Interview schedule on knowledge, attitude, beliefs and

practices on AIDS/KABP survey.

A questionnaire for tracking sexual behaviour (UNAIDS 1998) is availabe at the

www.UNAIDS.org (For a pdf copy please contact the moderator)