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Doctors’ Literacy And Papyri Of Medical Content
2010The Hippocratic Corpus testifies to the existence of literate doctors, as well as to literate laymen interested in medicine, by the close of the fifth century BC. It is only in later Antiquity, however, that one can begin to speak with confidence about medical literacy encompassing a wide range of specific physicians and a lay public with ...
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A Medication Health Literacy Tool
Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2015Proper protocol for the use of prescription drugs by a patient can often be confusing and readily subject to error. The health literacy tools found at Drugs.com and provided in their mobile app, offer a ready avenue of guidelines to assist patients in understanding the purpose of their medications, preventing drug interactions, and aid for timely ...
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Development of a medication health literacy program for refugees
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2018To develop a community-based educational workshop to improve medication health literacy in refugees.Workshops were provided in community locations including a local resettlement agency and English as a Second Language facility.Pharmacy faculty mentored small group student workshop presentations to recently arrived refugees regarding medication health ...
Gina M, Prescott +3 more
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Effects of Health Literacy and Polypharmacy on Medication Adherence
The Consultant Pharmacist, 2013To determine if health literacy has an effect on medication adherence in patients taking fewer than five prescriptions (no polypharmacy), and those taking five or more prescriptions (polypharmacy).Retrospective cohort.The Primary Care Residents' Clinic at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS).Those who received a Rapid Estimate of ...
Adraine, Lyles +3 more
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Parental Literacy Level and Understanding of Medical Information
Pediatrics, 1998Objective. To ascertain the impact of literacy level on parents' understanding of medical information and ability to follow therapy prescribed for their children.Design/Methods. A prospective cohort of parents accompanying their children for acute care.
R Y, Moon +4 more
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Health literacy and medication health literacy in adolescents: Highlights from
AbstractHealth literacy (HL) is an essential health determinant that could encourage the adoption of individual and community protective behaviours that contribute to public health. This study aims to analyse the associations between HL and medication HL (MHL) in 4015 adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children (HBSC/WHO).
Susana Gaspar +5 more
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Computer literacy in today's medical center environment
Journal of Medical Systems, 1984The need for computer literacy is becoming increasingly important across the broad scope of the American work scene. At the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (WHMC) numerous computer systems have been introduced into the operational environment. Training for these systems has been restricted primarily to transaction processing and routine report ...
T F, Jackson, M W, Lyons, J W, Shelton
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Health Literacy and Medical Education
2017The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of the state of health literacy education in the health care professions and to provide resources that will be useful to individuals who are interested in personal development or would like to facilitate improvement in the systems in which care is delivered on a daily basis.
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Computer literacy in medical students
Medical Education, 2000M I, Nurjahan +4 more
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Cultural Literacy of Medical Students
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1992R P, Vance +3 more
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