Medication literacy and its social contextuality.

IF 1.9 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Health Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1177/13634593231211520
Noémia Lopes, Carla Rodrigues, Elsa Pegado
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Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the discussion about medication literacy, by focussing on the social contextuality of the information mobilised in the use of medicines. We aim to explore the social construction processes of medication literacy, as an essential dimension for a more layperson-centred approach in the promotion of literacy in this field. This approach is justified by the growing social and cultural dissemination of medication use, the diversification of its uses beyond health and illness, and the increasing degree of lay autonomy in managing its use. The article is organised in two main sections. In the first section, we review the social history of medication literacy, including a discussion of the social contextuality of literacy phenomena. In the second section, the analysis of social contextuality is operationalised with a focus on information, covering: (i) ways of relating to institutional information and sources of information about medication; (ii) contexts of sociability in which information is shared and validated. This analysis is empirically supported by selected results from two research projects, conducted in Portugal, on the consumption of medicines and dietary supplements for performance purposes - that is, for the management and/or improvement of cognitive, bodily or relational performance.

用药知识及其社会背景。
本文旨在通过关注用药信息的社会背景,为有关用药扫盲的讨论做出贡献。我们旨在探讨药物知识的社会建构过程,将其作为在这一领域推广以非专业人士为中心的扫盲方法的一个重要方面。之所以采用这种方法,是因为药物使用在社会和文化中的传播日益广泛,其用途已超出了健康和疾病的范畴,而且非专业人士在管理药物使用方面的自主程度也在不断提高。本文分为两个主要部分。在第一部分中,我们回顾了用药知识的社会历史,包括讨论了用药知识现象的社会背景。在第二部分中,我们以信息为重点,对社会背景性进行了操作性分析,包括:(i) 与机构信息和药物信息来源相关的方式;(ii) 信息共享和验证的社会背景。在葡萄牙开展的两个研究项目的部分成果为这一分析提供了经验支持,这两个研究项目的研究对象是为提高绩效(即管理和/或改善认知、身体或人际关系绩效)而消费药物和膳食补充剂的情况。
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期刊介绍: Health: is published four times per year and attempts in each number to offer a mix of articles that inform or that provoke debate. The readership of the journal is wide and drawn from different disciplines and from workers both inside and outside the health care professions. Widely abstracted, Health: ensures authors an extensive and informed readership for their work. It also seeks to offer authors as short a delay as possible between submission and publication. Most articles are reviewed within 4-6 weeks of submission and those accepted are published within a year of that decision.
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