Table 3.
Estimated Effect of Tailoring and eHealth Literacy on Sexual Health Decision Making
In which of the following ways did you use the sexual health information that you received in GC? Did you use the information to… | Evaluate your personal risk for HIV/STIs? | Educate others about HIV/STIs? | Decide whether to get tested for HIV? | Decide whether to get tested for STIs? | |||||
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b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | ||
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eHealth Literacy by Condition a | |||||||||
Tailored Intervention with Low Literacy | .09 | .28 | .18 | .26 | .21 | .26 | .28 | .27 | |
Non-Tailored Control with Low Literacy | −.88* | .34 | −1.08*** | .31 | −.80* | .32 | −.75* | .32 | |
Non-Tailored Control with High Literacy | .12 | .29 | −.23 | .27 | .05 | .28 | −.28 | .27 | |
Age | −.06 | .06 | −.06 | .05 | −.11* | .06 | −.16** | .06 | |
Race/Ethnicity b | −.37 | .23 | −.69** | .21 | −.51* | .21 | −.44* | .22 | |
Completion of High School c | −.46 | .29 | −.18 | .27 | .11 | .28 | −.16 | .28 | |
Internet Use | .008 | .13 | −.09 | .12 | −.07 | .13 | .13 | .13 | |
Constant | 4.55*** | 1.27 | 4.69*** | 1.17 | 5.27*** | 1.19 | 5.86 | 1.19 | |
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Omnibus Test | F(7,93)=2.57* | F(7,93)=4.13*** | F(7,93)=2.35*** | F(7,92)=3.25** | |||||
R-Squared | 16.22% | 23.71% | 15.01% | 19.80% |
Participants in the Tailored Intervention Condition with High eHealth Literacy served as referent group
Racial/ethnic minorities served as referent group
YMSM without a high school education served as referent group
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