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Journal of Health Communication
International Perspectives
Volume 18, 2013 - Issue sup1: Promoting Health Literacy Research to Advance the Field
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Take-Wait-stop: A Patient-Centered Strategy for Writing PRN Medication Instructions

Danielle M. McCarthy Department of Emergency Medicine, and the Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Terry C. Davis Department of Medicine-Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Jennifer P. King Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Rebecca J. Mullen Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Stacy C. Bailey Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Marina Serper Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Kara L. Jacobson Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Ruth M. Parker Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Michael S. Wolf Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Department of Learning Sciences, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Pages 40-48 | Published online: 04 Oct 2013

Figures & data

Figure 1 (A) Standard label; (B) patient-centered label (Take-Wait-Stop).

Figure 1 (A) Standard label; (B) patient-centered label (Take-Wait-Stop).

Table 1. Demographics of sample completing the hypothetical dosing activity

Table 2. Outcomes of dosing activity, by label type

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