Faculty Articles

Health literacy: impact on the health of HIV-infected individuals.

Publication Title

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

ISSN

1548-3568

Publication Date

12-1-2013

Keywords

Attitude to Health, HIV Infections, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Literacy, Humans, Patient Compliance, Social Support

Abstract

Health literacy is known to affect vulnerable communities such as persons living with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this review was to provide a current summary of research on the impact of health literacy on the health of persons living with HIV/AIDS and to address future areas of need. Contemporary studies focused on expanding the reach of health literacy in HIV/AIDS to retention in HIV care, use of technology for assessing and intervening to improve health literacy, and health literacy across the globe, for example. A number of studies did not find health literacy to explain health behaviors whereas other studies supported such a relationship. Future issues relevant to health literacy in HIV/AIDS include the aging of the HIV population and associated comorbidities, studies to understand the role of health literacy in specific populations affected by HIV/AIDS, and the continued need to refine the definition and measurement of health literacy.

DOI

10.1007/s11904-013-0178-4

Volume

10

Issue

4

First Page

295

Last Page

304

Disciplines

Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy

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