Open AccessConspiracy Beliefs About HIV Are Related to Antiretroviral Treatment Nonadherence Among African American Men With HIV
Author(s) -
Laura M. Bogart,
Glenn Wagner,
Frank H. Galván,
Denedria Banks
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181c57dbc
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , odds ratio , logistic regression , confidence interval , health care , depression (economics) , psychiatry , demography , clinical psychology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
Medical mistrust is prevalent among African Americans and may influence health care behaviors such as treatment adherence. We examined whether a specific form of medical mistrust-HIV conspiracy beliefs (eg, HIV is genocide against African Americans)-was associated with antiretroviral treatment nonadherence among African American men with HIV.