1. Developing school-pharmacist partnerships to enhance correct medication use and pain medication literacy in Taiwan.
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Fong-Ching Chang, Hsueh-Yun Chi, Li-Jung Huang, Chun-Hsien Lee, Jyun-Long Yang, Ming-Kung Yeh, Chang, Fong-Ching, Chi, Hsueh-Yun, Huang, Li-Jung, Lee, Chun-Hsien, Yang, Jyun-Long, and Yeh, Ming-Kung
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SCHOOL health services ,PHARMACISTS ,HEALTH of school children ,MEDICAL education ,PAIN medicine ,ANALGESICS ,COMMUNICATION ,COMPARATIVE studies ,COOPERATIVENESS ,DRUGSTORES ,HEALTH attitudes ,HEALTH promotion ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,SELF-efficacy ,INFORMATION literacy ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,EVALUATION research ,INSTITUTIONAL cooperation ,EVALUATION of human services programs - Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the health promoting school (HPS)-community pharmacist partnership program that promotes students' correct medication use and enhances pain medication literacy in Taiwan.Design: Pre- and post-studies and intervention/comparison group comparisons.Setting: Primary and middle schools, along with their communities, in Taiwan.Participants: In 2013, baseline and follow-up self-administered, online surveys were received from 5,373 students enrolled in intervention primary and middle schools and from 4,643 students enrolled in comparison primary and middle schools.Main Outcome Measure: The level of medication literacy, including correct medication use knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills.Results: The development and implementation of the HPS-community pharmacist partnership program in primary and middle schools significantly enhanced students' knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills in correct medication use and pain medication literacy (P <0.001).Conclusion: The HPS-community pharmacist partnership had a positive impact on enhancing correct medication use and pain medication literacy in Taiwan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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