Pharmaceutical indication pictograms for low literacy viewers: Health literacy and comprehension

Pharmaceutical indication pictograms for low literacy viewers: Health literacy and comprehension

Background: Poor comprehension of pharmaceutical pictograms used on medicine labels or leaflets can compromise understanding of medicine-taking information, potentially causing negative health outcomes. Aim: The aim was to assess association of health literacy (HL) with comprehension of pictograms...

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Main Authors: Ros Dowse, Sam Okeyo, Simise Sikhondze, Nosihle Khumalo
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2023-10-01
Series:Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Subjects:
pharmaceutical pictogram comprehension
low health literacy
limited english
health communication
visual literacy
medicine packaging
Online Access:https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/2192

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https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/2192

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