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Health literacy and antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adolescents

Debra A Murphy, Phebe Lam, Sylvie Naar-King, D Robert Harris, Jeffrey T Parsons, and Larry R Muenz

Patient Educ Couns 79(1):5 (2010) PMID 19665860 PMCID PMC2839047

Objective: This study investigates HIV positive adolescents' health literacy and whether factors associated with health literacy in HIV-positive adults are associated with health literacy among HIV-positive adolescents. Methods: Adolescents in this study were behaviorally and perinatally HIV-infected youth (n=186) from five U.S. cities. Participants had a mean age of 20.5, and 49.5% were male. Results and conclusions: Contrary to findings for adult HIV-positive patients, among adolescents health literacy was not significantly associated with: medication adherence adjusting for age and education level; viral load; or self-efficacy to adhere to medication regimens. The only significant association was of health literacy with medical care received. Practice implications: Practice implications are discussed.

Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.014
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