- Title
- Developing visual images for communicating information aboutantiretroviral side effects to a low-literate population:
- Creator
- Dowse, Roslind, Ramela, Thato, Barford, Kirsty-Lee, Browne, Sara H
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156769
- Identifier
- vital:40048
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2010.530172
- Description
- The side effects of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy are linked to altered quality of life and adherence. Poor adherence has also been associated with low health-literacy skills, with an uninformed patient more likely to make ARV-related decisions that compromise the efficacy of the treatment. Low literacy skills disempower patients in interactions with healthcare providers and preclude the use of existing written patient information materials, which are generally written at a high reading level. Visual images or pictograms used as a counselling tool or included in patient information leaflets have been shown to improve patients’ knowledge, particularly in low-literate groups. The objective of this study was to design visuals or pictograms illustrating various ARV side effects and to evaluate them in a low-literate South African Xhosa population. Core images were generated either from a design workshop or from posed photos or images from textbooks. The research team worked closely with a graphic artist. Initial versions of the images were discussed and assessed in group discussions, and then modified and eventually evaluated quantitatively in individual interviews with 40 participants who each had a maximum of 10 years of schooling.
- Format
- 12 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of AIDS Research, Dowse, R., Ramela, T., Barford, K.L. and Browne, S., 2010. Developing visual images for communicating information aboutantiretroviral side effects to a low-literate population. African Journal of AIDS Research, 9(3), pp.213-224, African Journal of AIDS Research volume 9 number 3 213 224 January 2011 1727-9445
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