HIV Treatment-Readiness Measure (HTRM) Validation

Inclusion Criteria:

- HIV-positive youth, 13 years 0 days to 24 years 364 days of age

- Either HAART naïve (defined as never having taken HAART) or HAART experienced
(defined as having had at least one experience taking HAART and not having taken
HAART for 30 days prior to study entry)

- Not currently on HAART, but planning to initiate HAART within the next 2 months based
on provider recommendation

- Enrolled in care at an AMTU or a collaborating site

- Able to speak and understand English

- Willing to provide informed consent, or assent with parental permission (if required
by the site IRB) for participation in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evidence of cognitive impairment or other mental condition that limits his/her
ability to complete the assessment (per PI or designee discretion)

- Determined by the PI (or designee) to be under the influence of psychoactive agents
or intoxicated at the time of assessment to a degree that would interfere with
successful completion of the questionnaire

- Visibly distraught or unstable

- Any clinical condition that would likely interfere with the participant's ability to
complete the study

Participants who are unable to speak English will be excluded from the initial testing of
the HTRM's reliability and validity in keeping with traditional tool development
strategies. If the initial study indicates that the English version of the HTRM is
reliable and valid, appropriate methods will be employed to translate the instrument into
Spanish and the reliability and validity will be re-examined for the Spanish version.