Associations between health literacy, HIV-related knowledge, and information behavior among persons living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the health literacy levels of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH) at a health clinic in the Dominican Republic (DR) and assess associations between health literacy, HIV-related knowledge, and health information behavior (how patients need, seek, receive, and use information).

Design and sample

Cross-sectional, descriptive. Participants were 107 PLWH attending the Clinic.

Measures

A theoretically based, 64-item survey assessing information behavior and HIV-related knowledge was administered in Spanish through individual interviews. Health literacy was assessed using the Short Assessment of Health Literacy-Spanish and English.

Results

On average, participants were 40.8 years old and had lived with HIV for 7.7 year

SUBMITTER: Stonbraker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943156 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature