The effect of tailored consumer medicine information on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomised controlled interventional study.

Introduction: In patients with diabetes, better health communication is associated with better health outcomes including medication adherence and glycaemic control. The conventional patient information leaflet does not consider the cultural and behavioral perspectives of diverse patient populations. Consumer medicine information (CMI) is a written information about the prescription drugs developed by organisations or individuals other than a drug manufacturer that is intended for distribution to consumers at the time of medication dispensing.

Assessing quality of a worksite health promotion programme from participants' views: findings from a qualitative study in Malaysia.

Background: An assessment of the process and outcomes of a health promotion programme is necessary for the continuous improvement of a programme.

Objective: To explore the participants' perceptions of the quality and effectiveness of the 'Love Your Heart Programme'.

Design: A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of participants of the 'Love Your Heart' programme.