Requesting help to understand medical information among people living with HIV and poor health literacy

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 326-332

  Kalichman, Seth ^a   Pellowski, Jennifer ^a   Chen, Yiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84878600574     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2013.0056     Document Type: Article

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