Population Health Proposal

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the nursing problem of patients returning to the clinic without taking the medications that have been prescribed to them. The paper explores how language barriers and lack of understanding are the primary causes in the failure of patients to take medications as prescribed by their physicians. The paper proposes a plan that will be implemented with the assistance of the population of the Ontario clinic, to assist those who do not speak the primary languages of English or French.

Outline:
Introduction
Review of the Literature
Summary
Recommendations

From the Paper:

"In the work entitled "Strategies for Obtaining Compliance with Medications Regimens" published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society (Coe, Predergast and Psathas, 1984) related is that a study conducted used case examples of doctor-patient interactions in the examination of educational strategies employed by physicians to obtain compliance with medication regimens from elderly patients. Findings of the study state that problems exist with the "understandings of the drug...by patients and their relatives" were issues in complying with instructions. (Coe, Predergast and Psathas, 1984)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coe RM, Prendergast CG, Psathas G. (1984) "Strategies for Obtaining Compliance with Medications Regimens" Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 1984 Aug;32(8):589-94.
• Hausman, A. (2001) Taking your medicine: relational steps to improving patient compliance. Health Mark Quarterly. 2001;19(2):49-71.
• Wartman SA et al (1983) Patient understanding and satisfaction as predictors of compliance Medical Care. 1983 Sep;21(9):886-91.
• Safeer, RS and Keenan, J. (2005) Health Literacy: the Gap Between Physicians and Patients American Family Physician 2005 Aug1;72(3):387-8.
• Westberg SM and Sorensen TD (2005) Pharmacy-related health disparities experienced by non-English-speaking patients: impact of pharmaceutical care" Journal of the American Pharmacy Association (Wash DC). 2005 Jan-Feb;45(1):48-54.

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