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Kärkkäinen, Sirpa; Kukkonen, Jari; Kontturi, Sirpa; Keinonen, Tuula – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. The purpose of this paper is to focus on sixth graders' (N=21, aged 13-14) health literacy, particularly in relation to the rational use of medicines and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Partnerships in Education, Pharmacy, Foreign Countries
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Yeong, Siew-Wei; Kon, Zhien-Hung; Ong, Siew-Chin; Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: This study looked at the impact of a community-based public health campaign on hypertension and diabetes mellitus awareness and prevention, as well as student experiential learning in a campaign conducted by pharmacy students. Design/methodology/approach: A convenience sampling cross-sectional pre-post survey was done to assess disease…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Health Promotion, Public Health, Hypertension
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Hall, Danika V.; Jones, Sandra C.; Iverson, Donald C. – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: In many countries there is emerging concern regarding alliances between the pharmaceutical industry and health non-profit organizations (NPOs), and the increase of co-sponsored marketing activities such as disease awareness advertising. The current study aims to explore Australian women's perceptions of disease awareness advertising with…
Descriptors: Advertising, Females, Health Conditions, Diseases