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Wise Use of Medications: A Health Promotion Approach to
Community Programming for Safe Medication Use for Seniors

Wise Use of Medications, produced by South Riverdale
Community Health Centre is the result of programming shaped
by both community members and professionals.

This guide provides the following:

-an overview of medication misuse and program planning
-a description of a process which encourages community
participation
-a four session program
-pamphlets and a medication record card developed with the
community

The guide is available at a cost of $15.00 (Canadian)
including tax and handling.

To order copies contact:

South Riverdale Community Health Centre
1091 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario M4M 1K7
tel 416- 469-3917
fax 416 469-3442

These materials are available in English, French, and Greek.

FROM THE MANUAL:

"As a concept, health promotion encourages people to look at
the behaviours of individuals and beyond to the larger
structural issues which affect the health of everyone.
Medication misuse does not occur suddenly in later years.
Rather, it is an outcome of a system which encourages
individualized medical responses to a range of issues, and
which promotes a passive role for consumers for services."

Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Division of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Behavioural Science
McMurrich Building, Room 101
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Tel: (416) 978-7567
Fax: (416) 978-2087
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