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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Background: Medication adherence is crucial for patients with mechanical heart valve replacement. Although families functioning is positively associated with medication adherence, little is known about the underlying mechanisms.Objective: To test whether
Hong Ni +5 more
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Learner-centred information literacy initiatives in Higher Education. [PDF]
, 2010 Welcome to the first issue of JIL 2010 (Vol.4) which continues the information literacy (IL) debate presented in the 2009 volume of this journal.
Andretta, Susie
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Medicines and Medication Literacy: Social Practices and Use of Information
Social Sciences, 2023 This article discusses results from a sociological study on (i) the sources and use of information on medicines and/or supplements and (ii) the self-assessment of how informed participants were about the last medicine or supplement they purchased. It seeks to demonstrate the plurality of information sources (expert and lay) that individuals call upon ...
Noémia Lopes +4 more
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The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle [PDF]
, 2009 Welcome to the second issue of JIL 2009. The papers in the previous issue (Vol 3, 1, 2009) focused primarily on information literacy education in the context of HE.
Andretta, Susie
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Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Much of the evidence of an association between low functional or health literacy and poor health comes from studies that include people who have various cognitive difficulties or who do not speak the dominant language of their society.
Brian Williams +16 more
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Health literacy and medication awareness in outpatient neurology [PDF]
Neurology Clinical Practice, 2014 AS RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT, THE CLINICIAN FACES AN EQUALLY INTENSIFYING BURDEN: how to communicate these advances effectively to patients. Health literacy (HL) refers to a person's ability to find, comprehend, and use basic information and resources in order to make appropriate ...
Khichar, Shubhakaran +1 more
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Association between social support and medication literacy in older adults with hypertension
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundReduced physical function and reduced social networks place older adults with hypertension at high risk for medication-related harm. Medication literacy is one of the preventable factors that affect the success of drug therapy for hypertension.
Zhiying Shen +8 more
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BMC Cancer, 2022 Background High medication literacy is the basis of rational medication application and is essential for the management of severe adverse drug reactions.
Ruofei Du +6 more
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Information literacy education in the UK: reflections on perspectives and practical approaches of curricular integration [PDF]
, 2008 This paper has two main aims, to present the current position of information literacy education in UK-based academic institutions and to propose a strategy that ensures the integration of this phenomenon in learning and teaching institutional practices ...
Walton, Geoff +5 more
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Development of a medication literacy assessment instrument (MELIA) for older people receiving home care [PDF]
, 2022 To develop a consensus-based instrument [MELIA] to assess the medication literacy of older home care patients to ultimately optimize medication safety.; This study was part of the project 'Study of Medication Safety in Home Care' (doMESTIC), which took ...
Thekla Brunkert +8 more
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