Children's knowledge of medicines

Implications for health education

Autores

  • Pilar Aramburuzabala Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid/Spain)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi38.328

Palavras-chave:

knowledge, medicines, children, health education

Resumo

In order to get information about children’s knowledge on medicines, a questionnaire with semi-open and open questions was applied to 152 children, ages 10 to 13, in two medical centres in a Spanish town. Results indicate that children have limited knowledge about medicines, which is an indicator of the potential risk to which they are exposed. There is a profound lack of knowledge about the attribution of efficacy of the medicine, since it is linked to external characteristics such as flavour and place where it is acquired. Children’s knowledge has coherence and internal logic, which will predictably facilitate the planning and implementing of the necessary educational programs about medicines, and which should be adapted to their level of development.

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Publicado

2013-04-01

Como Citar

Aramburuzabala, P. (2013). Children’s knowledge of medicines: Implications for health education . Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, (38), 135–149. https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi38.328