Health literacy in the context of HIV treatment: Introducing the brief estimate of health knowledge and action (BEHKA)-HIV version

Chandra Y. Osborn; Terry C. Davis; Stacy Cooper Bailey; Michael S. Wolf

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Health literacy in the context of HIV treatment: Introducing the brief estimate of health knowledge and action (BEHKA)-HIV version

Chandra Y. Osborn, Terry C. Davis, Stacy Cooper Bailey, Michael S. Wolf

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Abstract

A brief, 8-item assessment of HIV treatment knowledge and action was developed and evaluated. Patients with HIV were interviewed in 2001 at infectious disease clinics in Shreveport, LA and Chicago, IL. Analyses on demographics, self-reported medication adherence, and responses to the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) and new, Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action-HIV version (BEHKA-HIV) were performed in 2007. The BEHKA-HIV demonstrated high internal consistency, and construct validity. Lower scores on the BEHKA-HIV were independently associated with poorer rates of HIV medication adherence, scores 4-5 out of 8, AOR 2.6 (95% CI 1.9-3.6), and scores 0-3, AOR 11.4 (95% CI 8.2-15.9), as were the lowest scores on the REALM, AOR 3.3 (95% CI 1.3-8.7). The BEHKA-HIV is a psychometrically sound tool for assessing health knowledge and action regarding HIV treatment, and predicting non-adherence to HIV medications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-188
Number of pages	8
Journal	AIDS and behavior
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-008-9484-z
State	Published - Feb 2010

Funding

Acknowledgments Dr. Osborn conducted this research as a National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, under an institutional award from the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (T32 HS000078-09). Dr. Wolf supported this research with a Career Development Award through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (K01 EH000067-01).

Keywords

Adherence
BEHKA
HIV
Health literacy
Knowledge

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Social Psychology

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