Simple, illustrated medicines information improves ARV knowledge and patient self-efficacy in limited literacy South African HIV patients

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1400-1406

  Dowse, R ^a   Barford, K ^a   Browne, S H ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge; low literacy; pictograms; self efficacy; written patient information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVENTION STUDY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905657229     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.931559     Document Type: Article

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