Abstract
Prescription medication adherence is a critical health behavior where income is often described as a barrier to adherence. This study examines medication adherence among Black men and demonstrates, self-efficacy and healthy behaviors, not income, predict prescription medication adherence.
Sigma Membership
Pi at-Large
Lead Author Affiliation
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Black American, African American, Medication Adherence, Male, Men, Black Men
Recommended Citation
DeVance-Wilson, Crystal, "Self-efficacy and healthy behaviors not income predict prescription medication adherence in Black men" (2019). Convention. 132.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2019/posters_2019/132
Conference Name
45th Biennial Convention
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Self-efficacy and healthy behaviors not income predict prescription medication adherence in Black men
Washington, DC, USA
Prescription medication adherence is a critical health behavior where income is often described as a barrier to adherence. This study examines medication adherence among Black men and demonstrates, self-efficacy and healthy behaviors, not income, predict prescription medication adherence.
Description
The original poster presented at the conference has been permanently embargoed as of 4 December 2019. The presenter has provided a revised poster uploaded on 4 December 2019. The revisions are as follows: • Several formatting changes were made including arrangement of poster sections, resizing of charts, fonts and highlighting. • Sample Characteristics table, rounding adjustments made, one self-efficacy category missing and replaced in revised version. • Percent Medication Adherence by Self-Efficacy, should be Self-Efficacy by Medication Adherence, n changed from 276 to 215 and graph reordered. • Percent of Medication Adherence by Income, n changed from 273 to 251 and High Income category, High Adherence is 12% and should be 25.7% which was corrected in the revised version.