Developing school-pharmacist partnerships to enhance correct medication use and pain medication literacy in Taiwan.

<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate the effectiveness of the health promoting school (HPS)-community pharmacist partnership program that promotes students' correct medication use and enhances pain medication literacy in Taiwan.<bold>Design: </bold>Pre- and post-studies and intervention/comparison group comparisons.<bold>Setting: </bold>Primary and middle schools, along with their communities, in Taiwan.<bold>Participants: </bold>In 2013, baseline and follow-up self-administered, online surveys were received from 5,373 students enrolled in intervention primary and middle schools and from 4,643 students enrolled in comparison primary and middle schools.<bold>Main Outcome Measure: </bold>The level of medication literacy, including correct medication use knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills.<bold>Results: </bold>The development and implementation of the HPS-community pharmacist partnership program in primary and middle schools significantly enhanced students' knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills in correct medication use and pain medication literacy (P <0.001).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The HPS-community pharmacist partnership had a positive impact on enhancing correct medication use and pain medication literacy in Taiwan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]