Health Literacy, Pharmaceutical Care, and Population Health

Aldo Alvarez-Risco (), Shyla Del-Aguila -Arcentales (), Santiago Diaz-Risco, M. Chandra Sekar () and Coralia Mesa-Gomez ()
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Aldo Alvarez-Risco: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Shyla Del-Aguila -Arcentales: Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante “Almirante Miguel Grau”
Santiago Diaz-Risco: Centro de Fertilidad Cajamarca
M. Chandra Sekar: University of Findlay
Coralia Mesa-Gomez: Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba

Chapter Chapter 7 in Building Sustainable Cities, 2020, pp 83-95 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Providing health to the population has different dimensions. One may think that giving access to medical consultation is sufficient and it is even thought that ensuring that patients receive the prescribed medication after the medical appointment is sufficient. The lack of optimal results with the use of medications has been evidenced for at least 40 years; in other words, the therapeutic goals are not being met in a large percentage of patients, so it is necessary to measure the level of understanding of patients in health matters and at the same time, it is urgent to implement pharmaceutical services in the health system of many so that they can contribute to achieving therapeutic goals, especially those with chronic diseases. The evidence in several countries provides academic, clinical, and financial support for its immediate implementation.

Keywords: Health literacy; Health; Pharmaceutical care; Patients; Clinical pharmacy; Pharmacy practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45533-0_7

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