Sannisha K. Dale|Laura M. Bogart|Glenn Wagner|Frank H. Galván|David J. Klein
Medical mistrust is related to lower longitudinal medication adherence among African-American males with HIV
Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|Boston Children's Hospital|Harvard University|Boston Children's Hospital|RAND Corporation|Bienestar|Boston Children's Hospital|Harvard University
africanamericans living hiv show worse health behaviors eg medication adherence outcomes eg viral suppression white counterparts 6month longitudinal study investigated whether medical mistrust among africanamerican males hiv 214 enrolled 140 longitudinal data predicted lower electronically monitored antiretroviral medication adherence general medical mistrust eg suspicion toward providers racismrelated mistrust eg belief providers treat africanamericans poorly due race predicted lower continuous medication adherence time b 08 standard error 04 p 03 medical mistrust may contribute poor health outcomes intervention efforts address mistrust may improve adherence among africanamericans hiv