Samantha Stonbraker|Arlene Smaldone|Heidi Luft|Linda F. Cushman|Leonel Lerebours Nadal|Mimi Halpern|Elaine Larson
Associations between health literacy, <scp>HIV</scp>?related knowledge, and information behavior among persons living with <scp>HIV</scp> in the Dominican Republic
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Institute for Family Health|Columbia University
determine health literacy levels persons living human immunodeficiency virus hiv plwh health clinic dominican republic dr assess associations health literacy hivrelated knowledge health information behavior patients need seek receive use informationcrosssectional descriptive participants 107 plwh attending clinica theoretically based 64item survey assessing information behavior hivrelated knowledge administered spanish individual interviews health literacy assessed using short assessment health literacyspanish englishon average participants 408 years old lived hiv 77 years majority 692 low health literacy hivrelated knowledge information behavior varied health literacy level uncertainty regarding main indicator disease progression viral load demonstrated regardless health literacy level participants low health literacy less likely answer questions answer questions correctly many participants 392 indicated viral transmission occur supernatural meansfindings demonstrate unmet information need information received may always understood methods improve health education needed ensure patients receive health information understandable way