Barriers to pharmaceutical care in Argentina

Uema, Sonia Andrea Naeko; Vega, Elena María; Armando, Pedro; Fontana, Daniela

doi:10.1007/s11096-007-9167-2

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“…The community pharmacists cite lack of time (80%), lack of breast cancer education materials (77.1%), and training (62.9%) as major barriers that limit their involvement in breast cancer health promotion activities. Lack of time is an obstacle that stands against the provision of cognitive services by pharmacists' worldwide (Keene et al, 1994;Anderson, 1998;Dunlop and Shaw, 2002;Aquilino et al, 2003;Uema et al, 2008;Awad, 2010). Time constraints reported in this study might have been associated with the fact that 94.2% (33) respondents work alone in a given shift.…”

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Knowledge, Perception, Practice and Barriers of Breast Cancer Health Promotion Activities among Community Pharmacists in Two Districts of Selangor State, Malaysia

Beshir¹,

Hanipah²

2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev, 13 (9), [4427][4428][4429][4430] IntroductionBreast cancer is the commonest cancer in women in most parts of the world and across all ethnic groups in Malaysia. According to the statistics reported by the National Cancer Patient Registry (NCPR) of Malaysia, 1 in 20 women will develop the disease in their life time (Yip et al., 2006).Early detection is a key to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer. However, most of the patients in Malaysia present with advanced stage of the disease on their initial visit to the public hospitals (Hisham and Yip, 2004; Nur et al., 2007). Hence, there is a need to facilitate the early breast cancer detection (Hadi et al., 2010).Community pharmacists could play a vital role to educate the public about breast cancer and the importance of early detection (El Hajj and Hamid, 2011). As reported by Anderson (2000) and Krass et al. (2003) AbstractBreast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women in Malaysia. Despite the campaigns undertaken to raise the awareness of the public regarding breast cancer, breast cancer screening rates are still low in the country. The community pharmacist, as one of the most accessible healthcare practitioners, could play a role in the provision of breast cancer health promotion services to the community. However, there are no documented data regarding the community pharmacists' involvement in breast cancer related health promotion activities. Hence, this study was conducted to examine self-reported knowledge, practice and perception of community pharmacists on provision of breast cancer health promotion services and to investigate the barriers that limit their involvement. This cross-sectional survey conducted between May to September 2010, included a sample of 35 community pharmacists working in the districts of Hulu Langat and Sepang in state of Selangor. A 22-item validated questionnaire that included both closed and Lickert scale questions was used to interview those pharmacists who gave their informed consent to participate in the study. The data was analysed using SPSS. Only 11.3% of the community pharmacists answered all the questions on the knowledge section correctly. The mean overall knowledge of the community pharmacists on risk factors of breast cancer and screening recommendations is 56%. None of the respondents was currently involved in breast cancer health promotion activities. Lack of time (80%), lack of breast cancer educational materials (77.1%) and lack of training (62.9%) were the top three mentioned barriers. Despite these barriers, 94.3% (33) of the community pharmacists agreed that they should be involved in breast cancer health promotion activities. Hence, there is need to equip community pharmacists with necessary training and knowledge to enable them to contribute their share towards prevention and screening of breast cancer.

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Knowledge, Perception, Practice and Barriers of Breast Cancer Health Promotion Activities among Community Pharmacists in Two Districts of Selangor State, Malaysia

Beshir¹,

Hanipah²

2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Many barriers have been mentioned by different authors. Communication troubles and lack of time of pharmacists and of other health providers have been found in studies that explored facilitators (Gastelurrutia et al, 2009) and barriers to pharmacotherapy follow-up (Hidalgo et al, 2005), and the implementation of pharmaceutical care services (Uema et al, 2008). A research study performed by the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe compiled and structured into domains a list of 25 barriers, identified by structured interviews with pharmacists from 11 European countries.…”

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What is the role of the pharmacist?: physicians' and nurses' perspectives in community and hospital settings of Santiago de Cuba

Varela¹,

Oliveira

Argilagos

et al. 2011

Braz. J. Pharm. Sci.

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This study was carried out to understand the perceptions and expectations of the other health care professionals about pharmacists' role in primary health care centers and hospitals in Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted, applying a self-administered questionnaire to health care professionals. The sample included 763 professionals (40.9% physicians and 59.1 % nurses) from hospitals and primary health care clinics, chosen by random stratified sampling,. The most common activity performed by pharmacists was the distribution of medications or the drug supply management (51.5%) and adverse drug reactions reporting (29.4%), activities performed daily by pharmacists. Pharmaceutical care practice was considered as poor by the professionals, and only 15.6% of them have collaborated in these programs in the past. For nurses and physicians, interprofessional communication occurs sometimes (56.9%) and never (25.8%). Pharmacists' integration into the health team was considered as fair (50.7%). A total of 70.1% perceived the pharmacist as a drug expert and 60.1% as a professional who provides medication counseling. The main expectations these health care professionals expressed were that pharmacists provide more education about medication (97.4%) and improve their interprofessional communication techniques in order to communicate more effectively with the other members of the health care team (96.6%).Uniterms: Pharmacists/professional functions. Pharmaceutical care. Interprofessional communication.O presente trabalho analisa o papel do farmacêutico na atenção primária de saúde e em hospitais, na percepção de profissionais da saúde na província de Santiago de Cuba. Um estudo descritivo transversal foi conduzido, através da aplicação de um questionário autoadministrado a uma amostra de 763 profissionais de atenção primária e hospitalar, 40,9% de médicos e 59,1% de enfermeiros. As funções farmacêuticas mais reconhecidas pelos profissionais desta amostra foram o fornecimento e distribuição de medicamentos (51,5%) e o relato de reações adversas medicamentosas (29,4%), funções desenvolvidas diariamente. A prática da atenção farmacêutica é limitada na percepção dos profissionais e apenas 15,6% têm participado em programas desse tipo. Comunicação interprofissional ocorre às vezes (56,9%) e nunca (25,8%), com maiores dificuldades na atenção primária de saúde. A integração do farmacêutico na equipe de saúde foi considerada regular (50,7%). Um total de 70,1% dos profissionais percebeu o farmacêutico como especialista em medicamentos e 64,1% como o profissional que aconselha sobre o uso de medicamentos. As principais expectativas colocam-se na necessidade de que o farmacêutico ofereça educação sobre o uso de medicamentos (97,4%) e reforce as suas técnicas da comunicação na equipe multidisciplinar (96,6%).Unitermos: Farmacêutico/funções profissionais. Atenção farmacêutica. Comunicação interprofissional.

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“…The initial pool of barriers items were identified by previous studies [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Modifications were done to make it convenient with the UAE practice setting.…”

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Barriers to the implementation of Pharmaceutical Care into the UAE community pharmacies

Ghazal¹

2014

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Barriers to pharmaceutical care in Argentina

Abstract: The opinions of Argentinian pharmacists from different places and professional practice settings were obtained. In all work settings, "lack of time" is the main barrier to overcome for implementing pharmaceutical care.

Cited by 50 publications

References 4 publications

Knowledge, Perception, Practice and Barriers of Breast Cancer Health Promotion Activities among Community Pharmacists in Two Districts of Selangor State, Malaysia

Knowledge, Perception, Practice and Barriers of Breast Cancer Health Promotion Activities among Community Pharmacists in Two Districts of Selangor State, Malaysia

What is the role of the pharmacist?: physicians' and nurses' perspectives in community and hospital settings of Santiago de Cuba

Barriers to the implementation of Pharmaceutical Care into the UAE community pharmacies

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