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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
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Medication literacy and its social contextuality.
Noémia Lopes1,2, Carla Rodrigues1,3, Elsa Pegado1
1Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, CIES-Iscte, Portugal.
Health (London, England : 1997)
|December 5, 2023
Summary
This study explores medication literacy by examining how social contexts shape information use. Understanding these social constructions is key to promoting patient-centered medication information and management.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Health Communication
- Sociology of Health
Background:
- Growing social and cultural dissemination of medication use.
- Diversification of medication uses beyond health and illness.
- Increasing lay autonomy in managing medication use.
Purpose of the Study:
- Explore the social construction of medication literacy.
- Focus on the social contextuality of information used in medicine management.
- Promote a layperson-centered approach to medication literacy.
Main Methods:
- Review the social history of medication literacy and literacy phenomena.
- Analyze the social contextuality of medication information.
- Empirically supported by research on medicines and supplements for performance enhancement.
Main Results:
- Information related to medication use is socially constructed.
- Lay individuals engage with institutional and social information sources.
- Sociability contexts play a role in validating medication information.
Conclusions:
- Medication literacy is deeply embedded in social contexts.
- A layperson-centered approach requires understanding social information dynamics.
- Research highlights the importance of social networks in medication information acquisition and validation.
Keywords:
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