Low health literacy is associated with HIV test acceptance

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 422-425

  Barragán, Maribel ^a   Hicks, Giselle ^a   Williams, Mark V ^a   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^a   Wayne, Duffus ^a   Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; HIV testing and counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; URGENT CARE CENTER; VISUAL AID;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144438319     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40128.x     Document Type: Article

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