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Ros Dowse

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Publications

34

Citations

1.8K

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Active since

1983

Affiliations

Rhodes University(Current)

University of California San Diego

Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research

Ros Dowse is an author at Rhodes University specializing in medicine, health communication, and health literacy.

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MedicineHealth CommunicationHealth LiteracyPatient EducationEducationPublic HealthLiteracyLiteracy EvaluationPharmacologyHealth Policy

Publications per year

1983–2023

34

Publications

34

Medicine labels incorporating pictograms: do they influence understanding and adherence?

Ros Dowse, Martina Ehlers · Patient Education and Counseling · 2004 · 263 citations

Health Communication, Personalized Treatment, Medicine Labels +3

Effect of Pictograms on Readability of Patient Information Materials

Leila E. Mansoor, Ros Dowse · Annals of Pharmacotherapy · 2003 · 224 citations

The evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms in a low-literate South African population

Ros Dowse, Martina Ehlers · Patient Education and Counseling · 2001 · 180 citations

Medicine, Pharmaceutical Practice, Clinical Epidemiology +6

Pharmacokinetics of Oral Decongestants

Isadore Kanfer, Ros Dowse, Vusumuzi Vuma · Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy · 1993 · 116 citations

Pharmacological Study, Medicine, Physiology +9

Development and evaluation of pictograms on medication labels for patients with limited literacy skills in a culturally diverse multiethnic population

Nadir Kheir, Ahmed Awaisu, Amina Radoui et al. · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy · 2013 · 75 citations

Family Medicine, Medication Labels, Education +8

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