A new resource on patient education regarding medications

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Dear

Colleagues,

The

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), in collaboration with

NCFHs mutual partner, Consumer Reports Best

Buy Drugs, has developed a Prescription Drug Options for Older Adults Toolkit

for professionals for use to encourage patients to take an active role in their

health care by being smart prescription drug consumers. While the toolkit

was designed primarily for use by Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Title VI

programs, we believe it may be of interest to you in your work with health

center patients.

While

the n4a materials are not available in Spanish, we have read them carefully and

find them to be easy to read and at a literacy level that is appropriate for

many of our C/MHC patients. Our recommendation is that they be used in

conjunction with patient/health center staff to reinforce health education

messages around use of medications.

http://www.n4a.org/programs/best-buy-drugs/?utm_source=ncfh & utm_medium=enews & utm_content=april & utm_campaign=ncfh%2Benews

The

Toolkit is divided into the following sections::

·

Introduction:

Taking an Active Role in Your Health Care

·

Section

1: Talking with Your Doctor – First Steps in Managing Medications

·

Section

2: Taking Prescriptions Faithfully – Tips for Effective

Prescription Drug Use

·

Section

3: Generics – Dispelling the Myths

·

Section

4: Getting the Best Value for Your Prescription Drugs

·

Glossary

·

Key

Resources

The

sections are available for individual download or as one consolidated

document. To view the n4a Toolkit, please visit:

http://www.n4a.org/programs/best-buy-drugs/?utm_source=ncfh & utm_medium=enews & utm_content=april & utm_campaign=ncfh%2Benews

We

hope this information will be useful to your staff for their utilization with

patients as a tool in their health education endeavors.

This

information is brought to you as a result of a partnership between the National

Center for Farmworker Health and Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs. As

always, we appreciate your feedback regarding the usefulness of this

information.

Bobbi

Ryder

President

& CEO

National

Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.

1770

FM 967

Buda,

TX

(512)

312-5453 direct line

(512)

312-5451 Mendoza , Assistant

(512)

312-2600

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