- Title
- Development and evaluation of pictograms on medication labels for patients with limited literacy skills in a culturally diverse multiethnic population:
- Creator
- Kheir, Nadir, Awaisu, Ahmed, Radoui, Amina, El Badawi, Aya, Jean, Linda, Dowse, Roslind
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156720
- Identifier
- vital:40041
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2013.11.003
- Description
- Much of the migrant workforce in Qatar is of low literacy level and does not understand Arabic or English, presenting a significant challenge to health care professionals. Medicine labels are typically in Arabic and English and are therefore poorly understood by these migrant workers. To develop pictograms illustrating selected medicine label instructions and to evaluate comprehension of the pictograms or conventional text supported with verbal instructions in foreign workers with low literacy skills.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Kheir, N., Awaisu, A., Radoui, A., El Badawi, A., Jean, L. and Dowse, R., 2014. Development and evaluation of pictograms on medication labels for patients with limited literacy skills in a culturally diverse multiethnic population. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 10(5), pp.720-730, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy volume 10 number 5 720 730 October 2014 1934-8150
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Dowse, Ros (Emeritus Assoc Prof)
RU Department of Pharmacy
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