Health beliefs and functional health literacy; Interaction with the pharmaceutical services

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İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy
Volume:47 Issue:2
Health beliefs and functional health literacy; Interaction with the pharmaceutical services

Health beliefs and functional health literacy; Interaction with the pharmaceutical services

Authors : Özlem Nazan Erdoğan, Ahmet Oğul Araman

Pages : 68-71

Doi:10.5152/IstanbulJPharm.2017.0011

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Publication Date : 2017-10-18

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Pharmacists are supposed to know current issues in social sciences and techniques to understand diseases and illnesses, to empathize with patients and other health professionals, to resolve possible conflicts of interest, to establish an ideal communication, to ensure the rational use of drugs, to reduce the wastage of drugs, and to improve compliance with drug therapy. The purpose of this article was to explain the conceptual framework of the Health Belief Model and Functional Health Literacy, which are recently outstanding topics on healthcare. Further, Pharmacotherapy Literacy is going to be defined as a remarkable subject in the literature. This is a descriptive study illustrating the concepts with the literature.
Keywords : Health beliefs, health literacy, pharmacotherapy literacy, public health

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