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Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy.

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Brinkley-Rubinstein, L; Bethune, M; Doykos, B
Published in: Soc Work Public Health
2015

Health status and health literacy are interrelated. Previous research suggests that this relationship must be considered when providing services to HIV positive individuals. However, the pathways through which health literacy affects HIV remain unclear. This study seeks to understand the connections between health literacy and HIV from a caseworker perspective. Results suggest that caseworkers reject static definitions of health literacy by conceptualizing it as an emergent process. Caseworkers also expressed the need for development of subcomponents upon which health literacy is founded: (a) the building of trust, and (b) understanding clients' hierarchy of needs.

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Soc Work Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1937-190X

Publication Date

2015

Volume

30

Issue

3

Start / End Page

250 / 259

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Workers
  • Social Work
  • Qualitative Research
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Health Literacy
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • HIV Infections
  • Female
 

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Brinkley-Rubinstein, L., Bethune, M., & Doykos, B. (2015). Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy. Soc Work Public Health, 30(3), 250–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2014.994724
Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren, Magaela Bethune, and Bernadette Doykos. “Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy.Soc Work Public Health 30, no. 3 (2015): 250–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2014.994724.
Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Bethune M, Doykos B. Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy. Soc Work Public Health. 2015;30(3):250–9.
Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren, et al. “Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy.Soc Work Public Health, vol. 30, no. 3, 2015, pp. 250–59. Pubmed, doi:10.1080/19371918.2014.994724.
Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Bethune M, Doykos B. Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy. Soc Work Public Health. 2015;30(3):250–259.

Published In

Soc Work Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1937-190X

Publication Date

2015

Volume

30

Issue

3

Start / End Page

250 / 259

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Workers
  • Social Work
  • Qualitative Research
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Health Literacy
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • HIV Infections
  • Female