Improving prescription auxiliary labels to increase patient understanding

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-274

  Locke, Michelle R ^a,b   Shiyanbola, Olayinka O ^c   Gripentrog, Elizabeth ^d  

^a U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary labels; Health literacy; Medication safety; Prescriptions; Warning labels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LEXILE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION AUXILIARY LABEL; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE REVISED SCORE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901434160     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2014.13163     Document Type: Article

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