| Design and ergonomics of package inserts of drugs in Brazil: a reality in construction. | |
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PMID: 22317021 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This research deals with the design of leaflets of medicines, evidencing the problems resulting from the lack of Brazilian normalization to promote the use of the graphical representation of instructional texts warnings. It approaches studies related to the effectiveness and efficiency of information systems, highlighting the semiotics and the cultural and informational ergonomics. The analysis of the context uses as method, an analytical study on selected warnings of thirty leaflets of medicines, followed by interviews lead with the public managers involved with the regulation of the pharmaceutical companies, and two experiments with users performed in city of Recife, in State of Pernambuco: one aiming at to identify how they interact with the leaflets of medicines, and the second one testing their understanding concerning standardized illustrations in the United States and the South Africa. The results show the need for improvements in presentation and graphic representation of leaflets of medicines, powering them to the role of communication, to ensure the consumption of medicine safely by its users. The conclusion congregates parameters and recommendations for the graphic representation of warnings in leaflets of medicines in Brazil. |
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Charles Ricardo Leite da Silva; Marcelo Marcio Soares |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Work (Reading, Mass.) Volume: 41 ISSN: 1875-9270 ISO Abbreviation: Work Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-02-09 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9204382 Medline TA: Work Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2068-71 Citation Subset: IM |
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Program of Post Graduate in Design, Faculty of Architecture, Arts and Communication, São Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz E. C. Coube, 14-01, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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