Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy

A Definitive Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-12-824407-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 218 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 962 g

Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide highlights issues related to medication literacy from the context of the pharmacist and other healthcare professionals. This definitive guide will undoubtedly serve as an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals in training and practice, fostering excellence in patient care globally. The book provides a clear explanation of medication literacy, presents different tools to assess health and medication literacy, readability, and comprehensibility of written medicine information (WMI), and elaborates on different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly WMI. The book also covers health and medication literacy in special populations, including geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnant/lactating patients. Written by experts in health communication, this book will help pharmacists, other health professionals, educators, students, and regulators, who need to develop customized educational materials that can be understood by a broad range of patients, especially those with low health literacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Awaisu, Ahmed

Munsour, Emad Eldin

Aslani, Parisa

Hussain, Rabia

Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Health and Medication Literacy
Ahmed Awaisu, Ikram Zoukh, Emad Eldin Munsour, Parisa Aslani and Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
2. The Importance of Health and Medication Literacy
Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
3. The Impact of Health and Medication Literacy on Health Outcomes
Vivien Tong and Parisa Aslani
4. Assessment of Health Literacy and Medication Literacy
Ikram Zoukh, Hager Awad Mohammed, Shahd Elamin, Monica Zolezzi and Ahmed Awaisu
5. Evidence-based Interventions for Improving Health and Medication Literacy in Community and Healthcare Settings
Ismaeel Yunusa and Ibraheem M. Karaye
6. Developing Written Health and Medicine Information
Bridget Javed
7. Pharmaceutical Pictograms in Supporting Health Literacy
Ros Dowse
8. Enhancing Health Literacy through User Testing: Iterative Design for Plain Language and Plain Interaction
Kathryn Summers
9. Readability Formulae: Guiding the Development of Health and Medicine Information
Amani Zidan, Emad Eldin Munsour and Nadir Kheir
10. Strategies for Communication Across Health Literacy Levels in Pharmacy Settings
Daniel Rainkie
11. Health and Medication Literacy in Children and their Caregivers
Lina Altayeb
12. Health and Medication Literacy in Older Adults
Noor Alsalemi, Kelley Kilpatrick and Cheryl Sadowski
13. Health and Medication Literacy during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Larisa Barnes, Danielle Muscat, Lesley Barclay and Parisa Aslani
14. Health Literacy in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Ibrahim Jatau Abubakar and Abubakar Sha'aban
15. The Use of Information and Digital Health Technology in Medication Literacy
Emad Eldin Munsour, Myriam Jaam, Katie MacLure and Philip Crilly
16. Advancing Pharmacy Research on Health Literacy
Aleda M. Chen, Kyrie Eleyson Baden and Anandi V. Law
17. Inter-professional Education and Health Literacy
Alla El-Awaisi, Maguy El Hajj, Dean Lising, Farrah Schwartz and Tracy Paulenko
18. Developing and Incorporating Health and Medication Literacy Content in Pharmacy Curriculum
Ahmed Awaisu, Banan Mukhalalati, Zubin Austin and Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
19. Global Initiatives for Improving Health and Medication Literacy
Nor Mohd Taufek
20. Health Literacy and Medication Safety
Emad Eldin Munsour, Mansour Adam Adam Mahmoud and Rabia Hussain

Über Autor(innen)

Hussain, Rabia
Dr. Rabia Hussain is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, located in Penang. She is a renowned researcher in the field of medicine safety, pharmacovigilance, medication adherence, and clinical pharmacy. Her research has been published in high-impact journals and focuses on pharmacovigilance, research methods in pharmacy practice, clinical pharmacy, and issues related to medicines use.

Dr. Hussain has collaborated with ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance and Health Action International, Asia Pacific, to improve the use of antibiotics. She is the Section Editor for the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP) and has edited "Encyclopaedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy (Elsevier)". Dr. Hussain is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, and she has been nominated as the Apex Young Scholar by Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Aslani, Parisa
Prof. Parisa Aslani, PhD, BPharm (Hons), MSc, G Cert Ed Stud (Higher Ed), is a Professor in Medicines Use Optimisation at The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy. Parisa has been a researcher and educator in the field of consumer medicine information and adherence for nearly 30 years. Her areas of research interest include health and medicines information, health literacy, medication adherence and cognitive pharmaceutical services.

Prof. Aslani is currently the Deputy Head of School and Director of Academic Career Development at the School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney. She is a fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), currently a FIP Vice President, and Immediate Past President of the Health and Medicines Information Section. Prof. Aslani was the Chair of the 81st FIP World Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress 2023 held in Brisbane, Australia. She is also a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy.

Munsour, Emad Eldin
Dr. Emad Eldin Munsour holds a PhD degree in Pharmacy Practice from Universiti Sains Malaysia and has around 21 years in Pharma-regulatory and compliance area. He looks after the authorization of pharmaceutical products, including evaluation of bioequivalence studies, clinical trials, and Pharmacovigilance system, in addition to CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls). Dr. Emad is the editor of Qatar National Formulary (QNF) and is a professional reviewer for the WHO bulletin and Value in Health Regional issues. He is also involved in many projects related to Qatar National Health Strategy (NHS), including, the National Drug Coding, Generic use and advancement of the pharmaceutical legislative framework. He participated in the activities of National Pharmacovigilance Center (Associate Member of Uppsala Monitoring Center, WHO).

Dr. Emad is currently leading the national pharmaceutical track and trace project in Qatar and actively engaged in GS1 implementation in the healthcare sector; he is also engaged in the development and implementation of national medicines security strategy. Emad is a member of the working group for the establishment of policies and mandates for regulating national pharmaceuticals related Digital Health/e-Health data and interoperability standards.

His research interest in the area of health and medication literacy, drug and poisons information services quality of life and patient reported outcome; he shared his research in various international conferences and published several articles on pharmaceutical care and other pharmacy practice areas.