title: Relationship between health literacy, reading comprehension, and risk for sexually transmitted infections in young women.
abstract: We investigated the relationship between health literacy, comprehension of sexually transmitted infection information, and sexual behavior in 127 women aged 16-21 years attending a reproductive health clinic. Women with lower health literacy scores demonstrated lower comprehension of written information related to sexually transmitted infections but did not have greater high-risk sexual behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Heather E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Needham
authors.forename: Constance M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wiemann
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tortolero
authors.forename: Mariam R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chacko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D032882:Comprehension; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult