Health promotion in the high street: a study of community pharmacy

Moore, Sonia; Cairns, Chris; Harding, Geoffrey; Craft, Michael

doi:10.1177/001789699505400302

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“…[35] Time limitations acted as a barrier to the pharmacists' MI use, consistent with previous research, which has also identified time as an important constraint for the health promotion role of pharmacists. [2,27] Considering the time constraints, pharmacy premises are more suitable for counselling in brief encounters rather than regular MI sessions, which typically last for 15 min (although this can vary widely). [11] The Behaviour Change Counselling model has been proposed as a simpler alternative to MI when contextual circumstances make MI use difficult.…”

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Feasibility of using motivational interviewing in a Swedish pharmacy setting

Nilsén¹,

Söderlund²

2009

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Feasibility of using motivational interviewing in a Swedish pharmacy setting

Nilsén¹,

Söderlund²

2009

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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“…Barriers to health promotion in pharmacies that have been suggested previously can be overcome. 17 Previous studies specify the barriers as being: (i) no liaison with other primary care team members, (ii) lack of space, (iii) lack of finance from health authority and (iv) lack of courses.…”

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An evaluation of the role played by community pharmacies in oral healthcare situated in a primary care trust in the north of England

Maunder

Landes

2005

Br Dent J

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“…Community pharmacists' self-reported levels of health promotion activity in a South London health authority were studied using structured interviews with a stratified sample of 30 pharmacists in1993. 9 All the pharmacists reported that they undertook health promotion activities. Proactive advice was estimated to be given about 398 Transparency Ð evidence must include a clear and transparent account of how it was collated, which sources of information have been consulted, who was involved in collating the evidence, how the work was funded, a full disclosure of any analysis and findings Systematicity Ð evidence identified must display clearly, regardless of the individual study, report or review methodology, the process through which the evidence was gathered and assessed Relevance Ð evidence must be judged to be relevant to health development, and in this instance to the role of community pharmacy times a week for the sample.…”

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Pharmacists' perceptions regarding their contribution to improving the public's health: a systematic review of the United Kingdom and international literature 1990–2001

Anderson

Blenkinsopp

Armstrong

2003

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Objective To systematically review, summarise and evaluate the published evidence from 1990–2001 relating to pharmacists' attitudes towards and perceptions of their role in improving the public's health. Methods Electronic databases searched were MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. Hand searches were undertaken of a number of relevant journals and conference abstracts. Studies on pharmacy and health education, health promotion, public health, smoking cessation, diet, body weight, and coronary heart disease were identified. All relevant studies with an English language abstract were included. Two of the authors separately examined the lists of titles and abstracts of papers from the searches and then compared inclusion/ exclusion lists and resolved any differences by discussion. Two approaches were used to assess the quality of the evidence and each study was allocated an evidence grade. Data were abstracted into a matrix and a narrative report constructed to synthesise the evidence. Key findings The search identified 12 studies (nine from the UK and three from other countries), all of which involved community pharmacists. Pharmacists attach a high degree of importance to health improvement activities. They are more comfortable with activities that are related to medicines and need support to extend their range of health‐related work. Pharmacists' advice is more likely to be reactive than proactive; their concerns about being “intrusive” in offering potentially unwelcome health advice predisposes to a reactive stance. While dispensing duties were widely reported by pharmacists as a key barrier to greater involvement in activities that improve the public's health, the review of the evidence showed that perceptions and attitudes are also key to pharmacists' behaviour in relation to these activities. Conclusion Community pharmacists' activities in improving the public's health centre around medicines. This is unsurprising, as dispensing and sale of medicines constitute a pharmacist's core business, and are the areas that they are perceived to be expert in and in which they have received the most training. If pharmacists are to contribute to wider public health activities, ways need to be found of extending their sphere of activity. The review findings have implications for those involved in education and training of pharmacists at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Health promotion in the high street: a study of community pharmacy

Cited by 23 publications

References 2 publications

Feasibility of using motivational interviewing in a Swedish pharmacy setting

Feasibility of using motivational interviewing in a Swedish pharmacy setting

An evaluation of the role played by community pharmacies in oral healthcare situated in a primary care trust in the north of England

Pharmacists' perceptions regarding their contribution to improving the public's health: a systematic review of the United Kingdom and international literature 1990–2001

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