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. There is a lack of adequate educational resources and textbooks on pharmacy health literacy. 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, Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy will help pharmacists, other health professionals, educators, and regulators who may be ill-equipped to develop customized education material and to provide effective medication literacy information, especially for patients with low health literacy. - Focuses on applying health literacy specifically within pharmacy and medicine use context, leading to a compilation of important content about medication literacy - Empowers healthcare professionals with the necessary knowledge about medication literacy - Provides different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly written medicines information, including using pictograms in medication instructions - Highlights the use of information and digital health technology in medication literacy, including mHealth applications, wearable devices, educational videos, and gamification strategies

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Yes, you can access Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy by Ahmed Awaisu,Emad Eldin Munsour,Parisa Aslani,Rabia Hussain,Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Operations. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2024

eBook ISBN

9780323859714

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Operations

Front Cover
Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Contributors
Authors biography
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to health and medication literacy
Chapter 2: The importance of health and medication literacy
Chapter 3: The impact of health and medication literacy on health outcomes
Chapter 4: Assessment of health and medication literacy
Chapter 5: Evidence-based interventions for improving health and medication literacy in community and healthcare settings
Chapter 6: Developing written health and medicine information
Chapter 7: Pharmaceutical pictograms in supporting health literacy
Chapter 8: Enhancing health literacy through user testing: Iterative design for plain language and plain interaction
Chapter 9: Readability formulae: Guiding the development of health and medicine information
Chapter 10: Strategies for communication across health literacy levels in pharmacy settings
Chapter 11: Health and medication literacy in children and their caregivers
Chapter 12: Health and medication literacy in older adults
Chapter 13: Health and medication literacy during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Chapter 14: Health literacy in complementary and alternative medicine
Chapter 15: The use of information and digital health technologies in medication literacy
Chapter 16: Advancing pharmacy research on health literacy
Chapter 17: Advancing health literacy through interprofessional education: Strategies for collaborative learning and practice
Chapter 18: Developing and incorporating health and medication literacy content in pharmacy curriculum
Chapter 19: Global initiatives for improving health and medication literacy
Chapter 20: Understanding the concepts of health literacy in the context of medication safety
Index
Back Cover

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