Education Interventions Model for Rational Drug Use (RDU)

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title: Education Interventions Model for Rational Drug Use

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate an economically viable and efficient interventions education model for rational drug use, adaptable to different pathological situations and should be implemented into Brazil Heath Care System.

Clinical Trial Description

Currently, the educational interventions regarding the use of medicines need to be expanded and more effective, and thus set themselves up in strategies for reorganization of dispensing drugs in health services and provide support to the population to obtain greater control over their health. The pharmacist, in turn, inserted in the multidisciplinary team has an important role in health education with the aim of improving knowledge about the disease and the various treatment options, reflecting positively on treatment adherence and clinical outcomes as a result and quality of life related to patient health. Thus, health education, to share knowledge, represents an important task and involves attentive listening to the community to identify their needs and then solve them. From this perspective, therefore, the educational means to educate health and an integral formation of individuals as social actors critics who understand and question the social relations, transforming subjects into citizens participating in the process of health education, helping to raise awareness , knowledge and understanding of living conditions and relationships with health, promoting quality of life. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

• NCT number: NCT01281215
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2011
• Completion date: October 2012