Relationship between health literacy, reading comprehension, and risk for sexually transmitted infections in young women.
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.
Needham
Heather E
HE
Division of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Wiemann
Constance M
CM
Tortolero
Susan R
SR
Chacko
Mariam R
MR
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