A gestão da performance nas culturas juvenis

Pegado, Elsa

doi:10.4000/sociologico.1481

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“…In this scenario, sources of information on medicines, health and performance have been multiplying and diversifying, giving way to the constitution of what the literature has defined as informational landscapes (Nettleton 2004;Clamote 2010), in which expert and non-expert sources of information coexist and expand. This plurality of information sources and uses of medicines has given rise to a broader lay autonomy that takes on new configurations in terms of individuals' consumption choices in medicines; something that is particularly visible in the field of performance investments (Fox et al 2005;Ruppel and Rains 2012;Clamote 2015;Pegado 2016).…”

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Medicines and Medication Literacy: Social Practices and Use of Information

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This article discusses results from a sociological study on (i) the sources and use of information on medicines and/or supplements and (ii) the self-assessment of how informed participants were about the last medicine or supplement they purchased. It seeks to demonstrate the plurality of information sources (expert and lay) that individuals call upon—with which they build up their medication literacy—and their perception of the information they have. While these social components of literacy are scarcely visible in available studies, the need to produce knowledge on them is a requisite for a more laypeople-centred approach in public policies seeking to promote medication literacy. A questionnaire was applied in-person (n = 1107) in urban pharmacies in Lisbon and Porto (Portugal). Results show expert information (medical and pharmaceutical) as the dominant reference, followed by lay sources (family/friends/colleagues), while digital sources were less valued than interpersonal ones. This interpersonal dimension was a relevant factor in the building of trust in information. The self-assessment of the information on medication was higher in functional literacy and lower in comprehensive literacy. Studies on medication literacy are particularly relevant in the current context of the expansion and diversification of medicines’ use and of individuals’ growing autonomy in their consumption habits.

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