Patient Health Literacy in the Community Pharmacy Setting

Patient Health Literacy in the Community Pharmacy Setting
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ACPE Universal Program Number: 207-000-06-012-H04
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Expiration Date: December 1, 2009


Description
Community pharmacists often assume their patients can read and write. When these pharmacists provide written medication and health information, they can mistakenly assume comprehension on the part of the patient. In the United States, 90 million adults, nearly half the adult population, have difficulty performing the basic reading and numerical tasks essential for functioning in the health care environment and acting on the health care information they receive. Community pharmacists have a unique opportunity to detect and address the significant health literacy problem in our nation.

Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this activity, the pharmacist should be better able to:

  1. Describe the status of literacy in the United States.
  2. Define functional health literacy and its relationship to health outcomes.
  3. Describe how to assess low health literacy in community pharmacy patients.
  4. Address low health literacy in the community pharmacy setting through patient counseling.
  5. Address low health literacy in the community pharmacy setting through supplements to patient counseling.

Target Audience
The target market for this program is pharmacists.

Instructions for Participation
To receive a certificate of completion that indicates your eligibility for continuing education credit, you must:

  • Review the content of the activity.
  • Successfully complete the post-test (70% or higher).
  • You will have two (2) opportunities to successfully complete the activity.

Your statement of credit will be issued immediately upon successful completion of the post-test and submission of the evaluation.

Fee
There is no fee for this activity.

Accreditation

Pharmacists
ACPE logoNCPA is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program will provide 2.0 contact hours (.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit under the number 207-000-06-012-H04.

 

Faculty
Candace W. Barnett, PhD
Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
Senior Associate Dean
Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy
Atlanta, Georgia

Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of their continuing education activities.

The author, sponsor, and publisher of this continuing education activity have made all reasonable efforts to ensure that information contained herein is accurate in accordance with the latest available scientific knowledge at the time of accreditation of this continuing education program. Information regarding drugs (e.g., their administration, dosages, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, special warnings, precautions) and drug delivery systems are subject to change, however, and the reader is advised to check the manufacturer's package insert for information concerning recommended dosage and potential problems or cautions prior to dispensing or administering the drug or using the drug delivery systems.

Approval of credit for this continuing education activity does not imply endorsement by NCPA of any product or manufacturer identified.

Any medications or treatment methods suggested in this CE activity should not be used by the practitioner without evaluation of their patient's condition(s) and possible contraindication(s) or danger(s) of use of any specific medication.


Software Requirements

PC
Windows 2000
Internet Explorer 5.5 or Firefox
*Adobe Acrobat Reader

MAC
Mac OS 10.2.8
Safari
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