A qualitative evaluation of the implementation of guidelines and a support tool for asthma management in primary care

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“…In order to evaluate these interventions, a research team conducted seven focus groups with an assortment of pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, GPs, practice nurses, asthma educators, and patients with asthma. 2 They found that, although pharmacists recognised and understood the guidelines and cards, it was pharmacy assistants who were operationally most involved in the sale of inhalers and yet they were generally unaware of these developments. The authors suggest that greater attention needs to be paid to the implementation of resources and that the focus of future interventions should be on improving health professionals' communication to facilitate patient behaviour change.…”