Promoting health communication between the community-dwelling well-elderly and pharmacists: the Ask Me 3 program.

Objective: To describe readiness to use clear health communication principles with a pharmacist before and after participating in the Ask Me 3 (What is my main problem?, What do I need to do?, Why is it important for me to do this?) program.

Design: Modified, separate-sample, pretest-posttest study.

Setting: Senior centers in Polk County, IA, between March 2006 and February 2007.