Counseling of children and adolescents in community pharmacies: Results from a 14-day observational study

Carpenter, Delesha M.; Abraham, Olufunmilola; Alexander, Dayna S.; Horowitz, Katherine

doi:10.1016/j.japh.2016.03.001

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“…Participants were recruited from 3 community pharmacies: 1 located in rural western North Carolina and 2 in an urban region of western Pennsylvania. Based on the study objectives and earlier observational findings, 21 children participants were eligible if they could speak English, were 7 to 17 years of age, and took medication for a chronic condition, such as asthma, diabetes, depression, or attention deficitehyperactivity disorder. We purposefully included children with various chronic conditions and ages who might have different capabilities and cognitive development to better understand pediatric day-to-day medication use experiences and communication with pharmacists.…”

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Pediatric medication use experiences and patient counseling in community pharmacies: Perspectives of children and parents

Abraham¹,

Amanda²,

Alexander³

et al. 2017

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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Pediatric medication use experiences and patient counseling in community pharmacies: Perspectives of children and parents

Abraham¹,

Amanda²,

Alexander³

et al. 2017

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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“…For example, community pharmacists only counsel children about their medications 2% of the time. 40 Opportunities for pharmacists to engage children in pertinent medication and health-related discussions may also be limited by state laws. For example, 39% of states do not allow pharmacists to administer human papillomavirus vaccinations.…”

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“…Methodological limitations involve relying on parent and child reports of communication rather than direct observation of interactions, which can be problematic because of providers' overestimation of how often they engage youth in healthrelated discussions. 40…”

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Methodological and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Medication Safety Research

Carpenter¹,

González²,

Retsch‐Bogart

et al. 2017

Pediatrics

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In May 2016, the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill convened the PharmSci conference to address the topic of "methodological and ethical issues in pediatric medication safety research." A multidisciplinary group of experts representing a diverse array of perspectives, including those of the US Food and Drug Administration, children's hospitals, and academia, identified important considerations for pediatric medication safety research and opportunities to advance the field. This executive summary describes current challenges that clinicians and researchers encounter related to pediatric medication safety research and identifies innovative and ethically sound methodologies to address these challenges to improve children's health. This article addresses 5 areas: (1) pediatric drug development and drug trials; (2) conducting comparative effectiveness research in pediatric populations; (3) child and parent engagement on study teams; (4) improving communication with children and parents; and (5) assessing child-reported outcomes and adverse drug events.

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“…However, guidance on effective communication between pharmacists and adolescents in general has not been published by the USA, UK or Australian‐specific pharmacy organizations. Additionally, pharmacists feel inadequately trained in adolescent‐specific issues and they are not always taking the opportunity to provide paediatric‐specific medication counselling …”

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“…Additionally, pharmacists feel inadequately trained in adolescent-specific issues [13] and they are not always taking the opportunity to provide paediatric-specific medication counselling. [14] Aim of the study PharmAlliance is an international partnership between the pharmacy schools of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill (USA), University College London (England) and Monash University (Australia). PharmAlliance provides opportunities for collaborative international efforts to advance and transform research, education and practice in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences worldwide.…”

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Preparing pharmacy students to communicate effectively with adolescents

Gilmartin‐Thomas

Sleath

Bailey

et al. 2019

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Objectives To develop an elective workshop designed to equip pharmacy students with skills to effectively communicate with adolescents. To conduct preliminary evaluation of the workshop to assess its impact on pharmacy student perceived confidence and knowledge relating to the importance of adolescent counselling and counselling techniques. Methods Academics from three universities in three countries collaborated on the workshop development and evaluation. The workshop structure was designed upon the foundations of communication best practices and established techniques, and it consisted of two online modules and an in‐person tutorial. Pharmacy students undertaking a 4‐year Bachelor, Master or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from all three participating universities evaluated the workshop via pre‐ and post‐questionnaires. Key findings A total of 81 pharmacy students volunteered to attend and evaluate the workshop. Of these 81 students, 31 completed paired pre‐ and post‐questionnaires, 44 students completed unpaired questionnaires and six students were lost to follow‐up. Of the paired pre‐ and post‐questionnaires, students were mostly female (67.7%) with an average age of 24.9 years (standard deviation, SD = 5.6) and were in the first (32.3%), second (16.1%) or third (51.6%) year of their pharmacy programme. Over 80% of students somewhat or strongly agreed that the workshop made them feel more comfortable speaking with young people in pharmacy settings. Mean (SD) perceived confidence (pre = 21.7 (4.0) and post = 24.9 (4.5)) and knowledge scores (pre = 5.2 (1.5) and post = 6.6 (1.6)) significantly improved after undertaking the workshop. Conclusions The workshop increased pharmacy student perceived confidence and knowledge relating to the importance of adolescent counselling and counselling techniques.

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Counseling of children and adolescents in community pharmacies: Results from a 14-day observational study

Abstract: Children infrequently accompany their parents to pick up their prescriptions, which limits pharmacists' opportunities to counsel children about their medications. Even when children are present, they rarely receive counseling from pharmacists.

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Pediatric medication use experiences and patient counseling in community pharmacies: Perspectives of children and parents

Pediatric medication use experiences and patient counseling in community pharmacies: Perspectives of children and parents

Methodological and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Medication Safety Research

Preparing pharmacy students to communicate effectively with adolescents

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