Can a brief peer-led group training intervention improve health literacy in persons living with HIV? Results from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to determine if a 6-week, peer-led intervention improves health literacy and numeracy among people living with HIV (PLWH).

Methods

We used a randomized controlled trial with repeated measurements, which included six, 90-minute, group-based training sessions. We recruited PLWH participants (n = 359) from safety-net practices in the New York City Metropolitan area and Rochester, NY. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to an intervention group (n = 180) or a control group (n = 179). Outcome measures were collected at baseline, eight weeks post-baseline, and at six months using the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action-HIV (BEHKA-HIV), the Electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS), the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy (REALM), a

SUBMITTER: Sanders M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11539917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature