Comparison of Eco-Directed and Health-Focused Brief Awareness-Raising Interventions for Enhancing Active Participation of Community Residents in Drug Take-Back Program
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| Title: | Comparison of Eco-Directed and Health-Focused Brief Awareness-Raising Interventions for Enhancing Active Participation of Community Residents in Drug Take-Back Program |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shuzhe Wu, Qinghua Liu, Qin Li, Jun Wang |
| Source: | Health Education Research. cyaf002 2025 40(2). |
| Availability: | Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: jnls.cust.serv@oxfordjournals.org; Web site: http://her.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Drug Education, Health Promotion, Drug Abuse, Medicine, Environmental Influences, Sanitation, Community Programs, Social Responsibility, Ecological Factors, Comparative Testing, Sustainable Development, Citizen Participation, Urban Programs, Hazardous Materials |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cyaf002 |
| ISSN: | 0268-1153 1465-3648 |
| Abstract: | Drug take-back system provides a legal, safe and eco-friendly avenue to appropriately dispose of unwanted medicines, contributing to both environmental sustainability and reducing medication misuse. This study designed and implemented a brief educational intervention, which took <1 min on average, to enhance awareness of community residents regarding the dangers of hoarding and improperly disposing of expired and unused medication at home. In a Chinese urban community, 104 eligible households were evenly assigned into 2 groups receiving leaflet-based awareness-raising interventions. Messages about risks of unwanted medicines delivered to the two groups focused on either environmental concerns of pharmaceutical emerging contaminants (eco-directed) or health hazards associated with misuse or overuse (health-focused). Compared with those in a health-focused intervention, significantly more households participating in an eco-directed awareness-raising activity returned unwanted medicines, supported community-level drug take-back program and agreed that drug take-back program should be mandatory and paid for by consumers. Data suggested that the eco-directed awareness-raising intervention might be an attractive approach to enhance the public's active participation in drug take-back program. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1465726 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Drug take-back system provides a legal, safe and eco-friendly avenue to appropriately dispose of unwanted medicines, contributing to both environmental sustainability and reducing medication misuse. This study designed and implemented a brief educational intervention, which took <1 min on average, to enhance awareness of community residents regarding the dangers of hoarding and improperly disposing of expired and unused medication at home. In a Chinese urban community, 104 eligible households were evenly assigned into 2 groups receiving leaflet-based awareness-raising interventions. Messages about risks of unwanted medicines delivered to the two groups focused on either environmental concerns of pharmaceutical emerging contaminants (eco-directed) or health hazards associated with misuse or overuse (health-focused). Compared with those in a health-focused intervention, significantly more households participating in an eco-directed awareness-raising activity returned unwanted medicines, supported community-level drug take-back program and agreed that drug take-back program should be mandatory and paid for by consumers. Data suggested that the eco-directed awareness-raising intervention might be an attractive approach to enhance the public's active participation in drug take-back program. |
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| ISSN: | 0268-1153 1465-3648 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cyaf002 |
