E-DRUG: Consumers' Guide to Safe, Cost-effective Medicin (cont'd)

[Dennis Ross-Degnan <drossdeg@warren.med.harvard.edu>]

E-drug: Consumers' Guide to Safe, Cost-effective Medicin (cont'd)
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Hi E-Druggers,

Dr. Sri Suryawati and her colleagues from Gadjah Mada University in
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, (suryawati@ins.healthnet.org) have done a lot on
developing approaches to informing consumers about medicine choices.

1. They have developed and tested an approach for facilitated group
   self-learning about over-the-counter medicines, their ingredients,
   and their effects, using popular drug packages and inserts as the
   primary teaching tools. Descriptions of this work are available in
   English.

2. Following on this work, Dr. Suryawati developed a consumer "OTC
   Formulary" for Indonesian drugs for the Ministry of Health. I am
   not certain if these materials are translated, but I am sure the
   approach the team took to gathering and testing materials would be
   helpful.

Dennis Ross-Degnan
Drug Policy Research Group
Dept. of Ambulatory Care & Prevention
Harvard Medical School
126 Brookline Avenue, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Tel: +1 617-421-2631         Fax: +1 617-859-8112 
e-mail: drossdeg@warren.med.harvard.edu
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