Abstract
Pharmacists play a key role in the safe and effective use of medicines.
An important, and often overlooked, influence on how medicines are used is
the health literacy of consumers. Health literacy is described as ‘how people
understand information about health and health care, and how they apply
that information to their lives, use it to make decisions and act on it’.1
An important, and often overlooked, influence on how medicines are used is
the health literacy of consumers. Health literacy is described as ‘how people
understand information about health and health care, and how they apply
that information to their lives, use it to make decisions and act on it’.1
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 26-26 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Australian Pharmacist |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- Health literacy
- Medicines Book
- communication tool
- remote health