Perceptions amongst medication users regarding South African patient package inserts (PPIs) of scheduled and over-the-counter (OTC) medications
This article reports on the PPI itself, its information, and language usage in the texts, as tested in focus-group sessions, using content analysis. Quantitative readability assessments of selected PPIs revealed that the texts were mostly “difficult” or “very difficult”. However, readability relies...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Johannesburg
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Communicare |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1701 |
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| Summary: | This article reports on the PPI itself, its information, and language usage in the texts, as tested in
focus-group sessions, using content analysis. Quantitative readability assessments of selected
PPIs revealed that the texts were mostly “difficult” or “very difficult”. However, readability relies not
only on text variables, but also on interaction between reader and text. From the findings, certain
recommendations are suggested to enhance the reader accessibility and cultural competence
of such documents. If PPIs, as a health communication tool, can be seen to be valuable and
easily comprehensible sources of medication information, they can fulfil a necessary role in health
literacy, especially in a multicultural, developing country such as South Africa, one typified by
huge class differences and where more than two-thirds of its households fall within the lower- to
middle-income groups.
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| ISSN: | 0259-0069 2957-7950 |