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16 200 Annual Report 7 8 I look forward to attending future FIP Congresses, in Basel in 2008 and Turkey in 2009. The Congress in Beijing China was worth attending. Thanks to FIP Education and Research Foundation for making it possible for me to attend FIP Congress 2007 2007 Travel Grant Award Winner Jocelyn Chaibva at the Registration Area in Beijing
Medicines Information to Children and their Carers The recipient of the 2006 Young Pharmacists Professional Innovation award was Dr Rebekah Moles from Australia. Rebekah was awarded 1000 Euros to commence a project to develop medication education packages for children and their carers. Below is an update of the ongoing research which was seeded by the FIP innovation award. Background Use of medicines in children is high. The Australian National Health Survey indicates that 42% of children under 15 used medications within a two week period prior to survey (National Health survey 2004-5). Previous studies indicate that problems in medicating children are common (Sepponen et al. 2002, Kairuz et al. 2007), however more information is needed on the nature and extent of the problems of medicine use in children in general. Further, to be able to use medicines correctly, parents need information. There are numerous sources of information, the reliability of which greatly vary. Pharmacists are an underused source of reliable and easily reachable information. Research shows that the most important health information sources for children are parents, especially the mother (Chambers et al. 1997, Menacker et al. 1999, Hämeen-Anttila et al. 2005). However, there are no studies on what information sources parents use when medicating their children, and furthermore, how they evaluate the reliability of this information. There is also a lack of knowledge on attitudes of parents when medicating their children. Aims of the study The aim of this research is to explore current trends in children's medicine use. More specifically, the objectives are to explore: ? how common medicine use is among children under 15 years ? what medicines are commonly used ? for which illnesses and symptoms children use OTC-medicines and prescription medicines ? what kind of problems parents face when medicating their children ? what sources parents use in finding information about medicines 17 200 Annual Report 7 8
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