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Health literacy and antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adolescents
Debra A Murphy1, Phebe Lam, Sylvie Naar-King
1Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 90025-7539, USA. dmurphy@mednet.ucla.edu
Objective:
This study investigates HIV positive adolescents' health literacy and whether factors associated with health literacy in HIV-positive adults are associated with health literacy among HIV-positive adolescents.
Methods:
Adolescents in this study were behaviorally and perinatally HIV-infected youth (n=186) from five U.S. cities. Participants had a mean age of 20.5, and 49.5% were male.
Results And Conclusions:
Contrary to findings for adult HIV-positive patients, among adolescents health literacy was not significantly associated with: medication adherence adjusting for age and education level; viral load; or self-efficacy to adhere to medication regimens. The only significant association was of health literacy with medical care received.
Practice Implications:
Practice implications are discussed.
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