A Qualitative Study on Health Numeracy and Patient-Provider Communication of Laboratory Numbers in Older African Americans with HIV
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- 作者：C. Ann Gakumo ; PhD ; RN ; cagakumo@uab.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Jim L. Raper ; PhD ; CRNP ; JD ; FAANP ; FAAN ; FIDSAAuthor Vitae ; Diana K. Cerice ; BSN ; RNAuthor Vitae ; Michael J. Stand-Gravois ; BSN ; RNAuthor Vitae ; Michael J. Mugavero ; MD ; MHScAuthor Vitae
- 关键词：African Americans ; health literacy ; health numeracy ; HIV ; older adults ; patient-provider communication
- 刊名：Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November-December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：27
- 期：6
- 页码：826-834
- 全文大小：126 K
文摘
Health numeracy plays a vital role in the successful management of HIV because much HIV-related health information is expressed in quantitative terms. The purpose of our study was to explore what older African Americans with HIV (N = 20) understood about their HIV laboratory numbers and to examine communication of the numbers between patients and providers during clinic visits. The following four themes emerged: (a) HIV laboratory numbers are important to understand health status; (b) the numbers can often be confusing; (c) mutual communication between patient and provider is essential to understand the numbers; and (d) when communicating numbers, use less detail. Implications for future interventions to address health numeracy deficits in this population are discussed.