Stereotypes About AIDS Scale (SAAS)

Homosexuality is the cause of AIDS.

People with AIDS don’t really have a right to confidentiality about their disease.

People ought to notify their employees if they contract AIDS.

Not enough money is being spent on AIDS-related research.

AIDS can be transmitted by being in the same room with an AIDS patient.

People need education to learn how to avoid getting the virus AIDS.

If it weren’t for homosexuals, we wouldn’t have the disease AIDS.

AIDS victims have a right to privacy about their lives and lifestyles.

Businesses should have the right to fire people if they have AIDS.

The cost of medical care for AIDS patients should be paid by the government.

AIDS can be transmitted by shaking hands with an AIDS patient.

AIDS education is an appropriate task for schools to perform.

The sexual promiscuity of homosexuals is the reason why AIDS exists.

The government should be able to test anyone for AIDS.

A person can get AIDS from fellow workers at a job.

The government is not doing enough to fight AIDS.

AIDS can be transmitted by sharing eating utensils with an AIDS patient.

Sexual education about AIDS is necessary at school.

AIDS is really a punishment sent from God for the sinful acts of homosexuality.

AIDS infected children should be kept out of public school.

Having a co-worker with AIDS would not bother me.

AIDS is a serious national problem that deserves government attention.

AIDS can be transmitted by kissing an individual with AIDS.

It is important that students learn about AIDS in their classes.

AIDS is God’s way of getting rid of homosexuals.

Identifying those people with AIDS should be a high priority.

Employees have a right to know if any of their co-workers have AIDS.

The Federal government ought to fund education on AIDS.

People can catch AIDS by giving CPR to an individual with AIDS.

Children need instruction about AIDS in their school curriculum.

I don’t want to talk or interact with anyone with AIDS.

We have a social obligation to help those with AIDS.

People who describe AIDS as an epidemic are exaggerating its true nature.

As always, science will eventually find a cure for AIDS.

AIDS is really not my problem; it’s somebody else’s.

AIDS is not my problem.

AIDS is not a threat to me.

The AIDS crisis is really removed from me.

People who die from AIDS are being punished for their past wrongs.

People are blowing the issue of AIDS way out of proportion.

People should test themselves for AIDS.

People who get AIDS can blame only themselves.

Only people from California have been affected by AIDS.

Part of the problem with AIDS is that people don’t talk about it.

The AIDS epidemic will soon be a financial burden on the U.S. economy.

You can’t teach young children about AIDS.

Men and women don’t really need to discuss AIDS with each other.

AIDS has become a significant problem in prison populations.

A cure for AIDS is inevitable.

AIDS is easy to get.

AIDS may eventually bankrupt the U.S. health care system.

People with AIDS should not be allowed to work in public schools.

People with AIDS should not be allowed to handle food in restaurants.

People with AIDS should not be allowed to work with patients in hospitals.

AIDS is not as big a problem as the media suggests.

I am not the kind of person who is likely to get AIDS.

I am less likely than most people to get AIDS.

I’d rather get any other disease than AIDS.

I’ve heard enough about AIDS, and I don’t want to hear any more about it.

Living in San Francisco would increase anyone’s chances of getting AIDS.

If a free blood test was available to see if you have the AIDS virus, I would take it.

AIDS is God’s punishment for immorality.

AIDS patients offend me morally.

If I knew someone with AIDS, it would be hard for me to continue that relationship.

Children with AIDS should not be allowed to attend public schools.

The family of AIDS victims ought to have the right to participate in medical decisions.

People with AIDS should not be admitted to medical hospitals.

Doctors can catch AIDS if they treat patients with this disease.

AIDS patients will contaminate medical staff and other hospital patients.

It’s important to maintain a safe blood banking system, because of AIDS.

Health care workers can catch AIDS in medical situations.

Medicine has a test to identify whether a person has AIDS.

The medical test for AIDS will not always identify a recently-infected person.

There’s a vaccine that prevents the spread of AIDS.

There are effective medical treatments for those with AIDS.

Doctors and nurses are at risk for catching AIDS from infected patients.

No medical assistance person has ever caught AIDS from a patient.

AIDS blood tests should be administered to everyone in hospitals.

Hospitals should have the right to test all patients for AIDS.

A doctor with AIDS should not be allowed to treat patients.

A hospital worker should not be required to work with AIDS patients.

AIDS patients have as much right to quality medical care as anyone else.

AIDS makes a medical job a high-risk occupation.

Dealing with AIDS patients is different from dealing with other types of patients.

The high cost of treating AIDS patients is unfair to other people in need of care.

Working with AIDS patients can be a rewarding experience for medical personnel.

Hospital personnel should go out of their way to be helpful to a patient with AIDS.

People with AIDS can be cured if they seek medical help.