Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide

Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide highlights issues related to the medication literacy from the context of pharmacist and other healthcare professionals. This book provides a clear explanation of medication literacy, presents different tools to assess health literacy, readability, and comprehensibility of written medicine information (WMI), elaborates on different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly WMI, and assists in the global effort for harmonization and availability of quality WMI. Written by experts in medical communication, this book will help pharmacists, other health professionals, educators, and regulators who may be ill-equipped to develop customized education material and provide effective medication literacy information, especially for patients with low health literacy. Empowers health care professionals with necessary knowledge about issues surrounding medication literacyProvides different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly written medicine information, including using pictorial aids in medication instructionsIncludes the use of technological aides and communication mediums, including smart phones INDICE: 1. Introduction to Medication Literacy and Health Literacy in Pharmacy2. Assessment of Health Literacy3. Global initiatives for promotion of medication literacy4. Written medicine information5. Pharmaceutical pictograms6. The use of information technology in medication literacy7. Approaching patients with low health literacy to improve communication and outcomes - Communication strategies8. Promoting health literacy practices in pharmacy through quality improvement9. Health literacy issues in community pharmacy setting10. Health literacy issues in pediatrics and their caregivers11. Perspectives of prescribers towards medication literacy issues in tertiary care setting12. User testing as a tool to improve medication literacy13. Health Literacy Pharmacy Education: Developing Medication Literacy Curriculum14. Advancing Pharmacy Research on Health Literacy15. Establishment of a multidisciplinary medicines information network16. Medical Interpreters Training for health care professionals

• ISBN: 978-0-12-824407-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés