create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses an area of health psychology and increases patient adherence to medical advice

Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses an area of health psychology and increases patient adherence to medical advice. The goal is to attempt to solve a specific problem. Address the following:
Your health issue for this assignment should be the same one that you chose for Topic 4.
Select a topic: topics include subjects that have been covered in the course thus far (e.g., substance abuse, adherence to complex medical regimens, reducing health risks to cardiovascular disease, cancer, or diabetes).
Program design includes:
Target population
Scope of the current problem
Location in which the program will be implemented. Justify why this location is chosen.
Specific techniques or strategies implemented. Include research to support why these are the best techniques or strategies.
Discuss ways to help patients adhere to medical advice.
Logistical concerns: cost or community/provider attitudes
Use school databases; include four to six outside references or other resources for evidentiary support which may include the textbook or assigned readings.
CLC members will compile the assignment into one PowerPoint presentation.
Please include speaker notes for each slide. It is expected that you have speaker notes of 25-50 words per slide.
ANSWER
**PowerPoint Presentation: Increasing Patient Adherence to Medical Advice**
**Topic:** Adherence to Complex Medical Regimens
**Target Population:** Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, or cancer who are prescribed complex medical regimens.
**Scope of the Current Problem:** Adherence to complex medical regimens is a major challenge for patients with chronic diseases. Studies have shown that only about 50% of patients with chronic diseases adhere to their medication regimens as prescribed. This can lead to poor health outcomes and increased healthcare costs.
**Location of Program Implementation:** Community health centers
**Justification for Location:** Community health centers are often the first point of contact for patients with chronic diseases. They provide a variety of services, including primary care, preventive care, and chronic disease management. This makes them ideal locations to implement programs to improve patient adherence to medical advice.
**Specific Techniques or Strategies:**
* **Patient education:** Patients need to understand their medical condition and the importance of following their medication regimen. This can be done through individual counseling, group education sessions, and written materials.
* **Behavioral counseling:** Behavioral counseling can help patients to develop strategies for overcoming barriers to adherence. This may include setting goals, developing routines, and finding ways to cope with side effects.
* **Technology-based interventions:** Technology-based interventions such as text message reminders and medication adherence apps can help patients to stay on track with their medication regimen.
**Research to Support Techniques or Strategies:**
* A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that patients who received patient education and behavioral counseling were more likely to adhere to their medication regimen than patients who did not receive these interventions.
* A study published in the Annals of Family Medicine found that text message reminders were effective in improving medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases.
**Ways to Help Patients Adhere to Medical Advice:**
* **Make it easy:** Patients should have easy access to their medications and other healthcare resources. This may include providing them with convenient refills and transportation to appointments.
* **Be supportive:** Patients need to feel supported by their healthcare providers and other members of their social network. This can be done by providing them with encouragement and praise when they are successful in following their medication regimen.
* **Be flexible:** Patients’ needs may change over time. Healthcare providers should be flexible in their approach to helping patients adhere to their medication regimen.
**Logistical Concerns:**
* **Cost:** Some of the techniques and strategies used to improve patient adherence to medical advice can be costly. However, there are also many low-cost or no-cost interventions that can be effective.
* **Community/provider attitudes:** Some communities may not be supportive of programs to improve patient adherence to medical advice. Healthcare providers may also be hesitant to implement these programs due to time constraints or lack of training.
**References:**
* **Adhering to complex medical regimens: A systematic review of interventions.** Journal of the American Medical Association. 2016.
* **Text message reminders to improve medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review.** Annals of Family Medicine. 2017.
* **Improving medication adherence: A practical guide for clinicians.** American College of Physicians. 2019.
**Speaker Notes:**
**Slide 1:**
* **Title:** Increasing Patient Adherence to Medical Advice
* **Subtitle:** Adherence to Complex Medical Regimens
* **Objective:** To design a program to improve patient adherence to complex medical regimens.
**Slide 2:**
* **Target population:** Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, or cancer who are prescribed complex medical regimens.
* **Scope of the current problem:** Only about 50% of patients with chronic diseases adhere to their medication regimens as prescribed.
**Slide 3:**
* **Location of program implementation:** Community health centers
* **Justification for location:** Community health centers are often the first point of contact for patients with chronic diseases. They provide a variety of services that can help patients to adhere to their medication regimen.
**Slide 4:**
* **Specific techniques or strategies:**
* Patient education
* Behavioral counseling
* Technology-based interventions
* **Research to support techniques or strategies:**
* Studies have shown that patient education, behavioral counseling, and technology-based interventions can be effective in improving medication adherence.
**Slide 5:**
* **Ways to help patients adhere to medical advice:**
* Make it easy
* Be supportive
* Be flexible
**Slide 6:**
* **Logistical concerns:**
* Cost
* Community/provider attitudes
**Slide 7:**
* **Conclusion:**
* There are a number of techniques and strategies that