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Background

National pharmaceutical data indicates:

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Section Three: Consumer Resources

Potential resources: Patient Medication card – bilingual?, Help desk / 0800line, DVD, Consumer information Website, Children’s Book, Interest group initiated information sessions, Links to Local Pharmacists

Mäori have lower prescription and uptake rates than Non-Mäori Research suggests cultural differences have an impact on patient adherence to medicine use

Consultation with Mäori identified issues like: Lack of quality information, sharing, storing and misuse of medicines, uncertainty of prescribed medicines.

Keep your Medicines List up to date

List ALL medicines currently used: Medicines come in many forms, including:

Name: Date to have all my medicines reviewed:

How much do I use and when? Ask you doctor or pharmacist

2 tablets, every 6 hours

Example: Paracetamol

Pain from arthritis in knee

11.04.08

21.04.08

Dr Jones

6 - Develop resources for use by health professionals and patients

Intended Audiences

Education Program l Mäori community health workers, Mäori primary care nurses Health Resources l Mäori health providers, Pacific health providers, PHO’s Consumer Resources l Mäori consumers of medicines and their whänau, All consumers of medicines and their whänau

Pilot Course Results: How attendees rated their knowledge of medicine pre course & post course

Before the course

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Number of1attendees (n=24) 1 0 1 - Not 2 very good

After the course

Before the course

Number of attendees (n=24)

6 4 3 2 1 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 4 4

Interventions

Section 1: Mäori Health Workforce Education Program

Overall average PRE-course: 5.9 Medication information

A number of participants had discussed medication with their clients since attending the program Medical information Taking a full course of antibiotics Section 3: Consumer Resources Section 2: Kaimahi - Health Worker Resource Taking heart medication with food The use of the right types of asthma inhalers YES 22 15 19 NO 4 11 7

Key Outcomes

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Understand what the pharmaceutical schedule is an how to use it Knowing what medicines are subsidised Identifying safe practice with medicines Effective communication with Mäori patients & whanau Understand how Rongoä Mäori works with pharmaceuticals

Section One: Mäori Health Workforce Education Program

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20 hour course with learning modules Range of Health worker roles info

Section Two: Kaimahi-Health Professional Resource:

He Rongoä Pai, He Oranga Whänau Education Tool

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25 page flipchart with 6 sections: Course materials, readings and templates

Important things to know about your medicines

5 - Identify matters in relation to rongoa use and medicines

Overall average POST-course: 7.6

Other things to know about your medicines include:

It’s important to get to know your medicines so you can get the best results from them. Some of the most important things you need to know – such as what your medicine is for, how much to use and when to use it – are on your Medicines List.

After the course

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Contact:

Maryann Wilson PHARMAC Mäori Health Analyst PH: 04 460 4990 E: maryann.wilson@pharmac.govt.nz

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4 - Increase the level of understanding of the need to use medications safely and appropriately

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If you need more space to write your medicines, visit our online resource website at to print more Patient Medicines List pages. Keep all your pages together.

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side effects of the medicines

what to do and not to do while using your medicines

3 - Improve ‘access’ to and inform whanau of nationally subsidised medicines

Your medicines may also be affected by your:

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previous problems with medicines

other medicines

health problems

when the medicines will begin working

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Lifestyle.

family history

allergies

2 - Promote medications as part of managing overall health care

For more information see your doctor or pharmacist.

1 - Increase awareness of safe and appropriate practice for medication use

Pharmaceutical Management Agency

Patient Medicines List

Get to know your medicines

Level 14, Cigna House, 40 Mercer Street, PO Box 10-254, Wellington 6143, New Zealand

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Pharmaceutical Management Agency

Using your Medicines List

Objectives

Freephone Information line (9am-5pm weekdays) 0800 66 00 50

Phone: 64 4 460 4990 - Fax: 64 4 460 4995 - www.pharmac.govt.nz

Allergies or previous problems with medicines:

To increase the uptake, utilisation and prescription rates of subsididsed medicines for Mäori consumers.

Adapted from materials developed by the National Prescribing Service Limited (Australia)

500 mg tablets

Doctor recommends taking regularly, rather than as needed for pain

Emergency contact details: To get the most from your Medicines List

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Project Goal

Name of medicine

Brand name or generic

Strength

What is the medicine for?

Special instructions or comments

Date started

When to stop or review

Prescriber

keep it with you at all times in case of an emergency. take this list and your medicines with you each time you visit your doctor, pharmacist or health professional, or if you go to hospital keep it up to date by crossing out any medicines you are no longer using and adding new medicines as you start using them

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