An Innovative Health Literacy Approach Designed to Improve Patient Understanding of Medication Labeling.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Limited health literacy negatively impacts understanding of medication-related information. We describe an innovative methodology designed to optimize user understanding of patient medication labeling through the systematic application of evidence-based health literacy principles, using the Patient Package Insert (PPI) for bezlotoxumab (ZINPLAVA™, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA) as an example.

Methods

We used a mixed-model, iterative approach consisting of three phases: (1) content development; (2) focus group testing; and (3) comprehension testing. Content development was based on evidence-based health literacy principles and conducted through a collaborative partnership between industry and academia professionals. The PPI was then tested in four focus gro

SUBMITTER: Jacobson KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492593 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature