Enhancing Medication Adherence

The Public Health Dilemma
2012
ISBN: 978-1-908517-47-0
Verlag: Springer Healthcare Ltd.

Buch, Englisch, 60 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 88 g

Enhancing Medication Adherence: The Public Health Dilemma is a comprehensive guide to medication adherence for the healthcare professional. Clinicians and pharmacists alike can benefit from key opinion leader and author Hayden Bosworth’s text as he explains the details and causes behind medication nonadherence as well as methods on how healthcare providers can determine if a patient is nonadherent. Additionally, Bosworth discusses various studies, which assess adherence, adherence-related technology, best practices for clinicians and pharmacists, and future directions and recommendations in the field.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bosworth, Hayden B

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie Apothekenwesen, Apothekenpraxis
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Defining medication nonadherence.- Causes of medication nonadherence.- Methods for determining medication adherence.- Evaluating adherence-enhancing interventions.- The role of healthcare providers in medication adherence.- Medication intervention recommendations.- Future directions and recommendations.

Über Autor(innen)

Hayden B Bosworth, PhD, a health services researcher, focuses on
patient and organization level factors to improve treatment adherence.
He is the associate director of the Center for Health Services Research in
Primary Care and Career Award scientist at the Durham Veterans Affairs
Medical Center (VAMC). He is a research professor in the Department of
Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, research professor in
the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, research professor
in the School of Nursing at Duke University Medical Center, and adjunct
professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration in the
School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He is also a senior fellow at the Center for Aging and Human Development
and a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy at Duke University.
Dr Bosworth was awarded an Established Investigator award from the
American Heart Association to further develop interventions to improve
health behaviors and treatment adherence related to hypertension and
other chronic diseases. Dr Bosworth has published over 180 articles and
3 books that have examined the self-management and treatment adherence
among individuals with chronic diseases. He is a fellow of the American
Psychological Association Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging
and Division 38 Health Psychology), Gerontological Society of America,
and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He has received prior funding
from a number of government sources (eg, National Institutes of Health,
Veterans Affairs) and foundations (eg, American Heart Association,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) to carry out three overarching areas
of research: 1) clinical research that provides knowledge for improving
patients’ treatment adherence and self-management in chronic care;
2) translation research to improve access to quality of care; and 3) eliminate
healthcare disparities.