Gender differences in medication management capacity in HIV infection: The role of health literacy and numeracy

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-52

  Waldrop Valverde, Drenna ^a   Jones, Deborah L ^a   Jayaweera, Dushyantha ^a   Gonzalez, Peggy ^a   Romero, Javier ^b   Ownby, Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health literacy; Medication management; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; LOPERAMIDE; PARACETAMOL; SAQUINAVIR; VITAMIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149085502     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9425-x     Document Type: Article

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