Gwen van Servellen|Adeline Nyamathi|Félix Carpio|Daniel Pearce|Lorraine Garcia-Teague|Gilberto Rodríguez Herrera|Emilia Lombardi
Effects of a Treatment Adherence Enhancement Program on Health Literacy, Patient–Provider Relationships, and Adherence to HAART among Low-Income HIV-Positive Spanish-Speaking Latinos
AltaMed|AltaMed|OASIS Clinic
impact adherence enhancement program low income hivinfected spanishspeaking latinos health literacy patientprovider relationships adherence haart examined evaluations conducted baseline 6 weeks 6 months participants n 85 randomly assigned either intervention group comparison group 69 81 remained study entire 6month duration intervention group scored significantly better comparison group 3 5 measures hiv health literacy 6 weeks 2 5 measures 6 months weak trend intervention group report increase selfefficacy medication adherence management baseline 6 weeks changes significant perceptions quality relationship communications hivtreating physicians improved 6 weeks p 004 6 months p 0001 comparison group showed little change baseline 6 weeks baseline 6 months trend pilot group report better medication adherence differences statistically significant evaluation impact adherence enhancement program needed