title: Antiretroviral treatment literacy among HIV voluntary counseling and testing clients in Moshi, Tanzania, 2003 to 2005.
abstract: Antiretroviral treatment literacy leads to greater HIV testing and treatment and antiretroviral treatment adherence. Among northern Tanzanian subjects, antiretroviral treatment awareness was only 17%. Factors associated with low antiretroviral treatment literacy included having exchanged money or gifts for sex, living in rural areas, having more than 2 children, and having a primary education only. Previous HIV testing was protective against low antiretroviral treatment literacy. These results support refocusing HIV education efforts and increasing synergy between HIV prevention and treatment programs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Keren Z
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Landman
authors.forename: Nathan M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Thielman
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mgonja
authors.forename: Humphrey J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Dafrosa K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Itemba
authors.forename: Evelyn M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ndosi
authors.forename: Alison C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tribble
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crump
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D037001:Directive Counseling; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013636:Tanzania
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents