Development and validation of a brief computer-administered HIV-related health literacy scale (HIV-HL)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 710-718

  Ownby, Raymond L ^a   Waldrop Valverde, Drenna ^b   Hardigan, Patrick ^c   Caballero, Joshua ^c   Jacobs, Robin ^a   Acevedo, Amarilis ^c  

^a affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cognition; Health literacy; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; VIRAL LOAD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880916321     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0301-3     Document Type: Article

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