Effects of a National Health Education Program on Participants’ Medication Behaviors, Attitudes, Drug Information Sources, and Perceptions toward Pharmacists
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Wen, Ming-Fang
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Literature has showed that counseling provided by pharmacist can increase patients’ knowledge on medications, improve compliance, and reduce inappropriate medication taking and subsequent drug-related mortality and morbidity. Moreover, it is likely that patients will demand more of these services from pharmacists once their professional role in delivering drug information has been established and acknowledged by patients. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a national health education program, the Community Education Program on Pharmacy and Medications, on participants’ medication behaviors, attitudes, drug information needs and sources, and trust and perceptions toward pharmacists.
This was a single group, pre- and post- comparison study. The subjects were a group of general public who attended the Community Education Program on Pharmacy and Medications delivered by trained pharmacists at 31 community colleges in Taiwan from September 2003 to January 2004. The study collected data through survey questionnaires. The baseline and post-test surveys were carried out in the beginning and at the end of the education program respectively. Data was recoded in Excel and analyzed by SPSS/PC. The statistical method utilized for hypothesis testing was the McNemar’s test with a significant level of p
Subjects
社區大學健康教育
用藥行為
對藥師認知
用藥態度
藥師
drug information sources
medication behaviors
medication attitudes
national health education program
pharmacist
perceptions toward pharmacists
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text
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