Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy

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.

• Focuses on applying health literacy specifically within pharmacy and medicine use context, leading to a compilation of important content about medication literacy
• Empowers healthcare professionals with the necessary knowledge about medication literacy
• Provides different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly written medicines information, including using pictograms in medication instructions
• Highlights the use of information and digital health technology in medication literacy, including mHealth applications, wearable devices, educational videos, and gamification strategies