Be MedWise Tennesse

From LiteracyTentWiki

The University of Tennessee's Extension and College of Pharmacy have partnered with the National Council for Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) to address medication literacy in our state. The Tennessee Pharmacists Association has just recently joined us. Our partnership program is called Be MedWise Tennessee. Tennessee has the highest per capita consumption of prescription medications than any other state in the country.

NCPIE was a partner in the development of the Medications in My Home Program. We will be implementing the program in schools across the state through our county UT Extension educators in partnership with community pharmacists. We have a UT Extension office in each of the 95 counties in our state. Check out our web page at:
http://fcs.tennessee.edu/healthsafety/medWise.htm.

Just another example of how states/organizations/universities are addressing health literacy regarding medications.

Barbara (Bobbi) P. Clarke, Ph.D., R.D.
Professor & Extension Health Specialist
Co-Director, UT Center for Community-Based Health Initiatives
The University of Tennessee Extension
Family & Consumer Sciences
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501
phone: (865) 974-8197
fax: (865) 974-5370
e-mail: bclarke@utk.edu