Public Education in Rational Drug Use: A Global Survey - EDM Research Series No. 024: 5. Discussion

Public Education in Rational Drug Use: A Global Survey - EDM Research Series No. 024
(1997; 106 pages) [Spanish]

Table des matières

	Acknowledgements
	Executive summary
	1. Introduction
		1.1 Public education: a compelling need
	2. Background to the Survey
		2.1 Rationale
		2.2 Literature review
	3. Methodology
		3.1 Study design
		3.2 Identification of projects
		3.3 Study period
		3.4 Data management
		3.5 Methodological concerns/cautions
	4. Findings
		4.1 General characteristics of responding projects
		4.2 Project Planning
		4.3 Implementation
		4.4 Evaluation
	5. Discussion
		5.1 Type and rationale of public education activities
		5.2 How activities are planned, implemented and evaluated
		5.3 Success ratings and cost/benefits of different approaches
		5.4 Facilitating and constraining factors
		5.5 Implementing and supporting organizations and bodies
		5.6 Areas which require further investigation and/or support
	6. Conclusions and recommendations
		6.1 Funding
		6.2 Advocacy
		6.3 Training and tools
		6.4 Coalitions/partnerships
		6.5 Lack of reporting/evaluation/publication
		6.6 Organized opposition
		6.7 Need for supportive infrastructure
		6.8 Summary conclusions
	References
	Annexes
		Annex I - Title, Duration and Cost listed by Country
		Annex II - List of Programmes by Country
		Annex III - Global Survey on Public Education in Rational Drug Use - Questionnaire

5. Discussion

This section discusses the implications of some of the data gathered and reported in section 4, their contextual significance, and lacunae, in the light of the project goals outlined in section 2.l.