Pharmacists’Opinions Regarding Level of Involvement in Emergency Preparedness and Response

Pedersen, Craig A.; Canaday, Bruce R.; Ellis, William M.; Keyes, Elizabeth K.; Pietrantoni, Adele; Rothholz, Mitchel C.; Thomas, Charles C.; Tong, Theodore G.; Tonrey, Lisa; Tucker, Timothy L.

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“…It has been noted [67] that since the determinants of health were identified, [68] there has been an increased awareness of health as a global issue, with the current threats to global health further widened to include bioterrorism, climate change and potential pandemics like an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The scoping study identified four papers, all from the USA, which looked at this area [69–72] . In a study conducted in western Wisconsin, USA, the authors [69] determined the emergency preparedness, knowledge, training and resource needs of community‐based professionals, and found that there were training needs across all cohorts, with the acute training needs being decontamination procedures and communication.…”

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“…A report, [70] however, describes how pharmacists were involved with the planning for, and the receiving, staging, storing, distributing and dispensing of the large quantities of pharmaceuticals that might be needed in a disaster, as well as educating other healthcare professionals and the public about threats. In an assessment of the opinions of pharmacist‐members of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA‐APPM), [71] it was found that respondents believed that participating in public health activities related to emergency preparedness and response is important for members of the pharmacy profession. At the same time, the pharmacist's role in the procurement and distribution of antidotes and antibiotics in an emergency, as well as pharmacists’ potential for input into emergency procedures and training for frontline health carers, in terms of pharmacology of nerve agents and microbes and their counter‐defences, has also been highlighted [72]…”

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The role of community pharmacists in public health: a scoping review of the literature

Agomo¹

2011

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

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Objectives To review the literature, including published and unpublished evidence, around the role of community pharmacists in public health, to identify key themes emerging from these data and to identify gaps in the evidence base. Methods The objectives of the study were met by identifying relevant literature from both the UK and overseas, through electronic database searches and the grey literature. The search was limited to the period from January 1985 to November 2010. Key findings The scoping study identified a wide range of roles that community pharmacists were providing in public health, with the dominant themes being in the areas of smoking cessation services, healthy eating and lifestyle advice, provision of emergency hormonal contraception, infection control and prevention, promoting cardiovascular health and blood pressure control and prevention and management of drug abuse, misuse and addiction. The scoping study also identified several barriers and gaps in the UK evidence base. The gaps were significant in those themes with no identified UK studies, such as preventing falls in the elderly, emergency preparedness and response to bioterrorism, climate change and potential pandemics, immunisation and vaccination services and prevention and risk assessment of osteoporosis. There were also gaps in the evidence base regarding the role of London community pharmacists in public health. Conclusions Although the scoping study identified a wide range of roles that community pharmacists were providing in public health, several gaps and barriers were also identified. Based on these gaps, a study incorporating mixed methods to provide in‐depth information about the role of London community pharmacists in public health could be more illuminating.

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The role of community pharmacists in public health: a scoping review of the literature

Agomo¹

2011

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

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“…Today's US pharmacists and pharmacies have ample opportunities to expand traditional pharmacist responsibilities of dispensing pharmaceuticals to engage in preventing diseases, prolonging healthy life and promoting health 9 . Examples of public health activities that US pharmacists and pharmacies can participate in include immunization services, 10–14 emergency preparedness and response activities, 15–17 smoking‐cessation programmes 18,19 and sterile‐syringe access programmes 20–22 …”

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Impact of perceived innovation characteristics on adoption of pharmacy-based in-house immunization services

Westrick

Mount

2009

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Appropriate strategies, particularly promoting the benefit of in-house immunization services, should be implemented. The proposed model and findings may be applicable to other pharmacy-based innovative practices or other public health initiatives. We recommend that organizational leaders, researchers and practitioners consider the impact of perceived benefit and incorporate it when they design strategies to foster adoption of innovative practices. Doing this may increase the number of adopters and also increase diffusion rates for innovative services.

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“…In another study by Pederson et al, the only factor influencing pharmacists’ opinions regarding their level of involvement in emergency preparedness and response was previous participation in local or state emergency preparedness and response activities [20]. As part of the disaster health workforce with specialized training and skills, it is vital for pharmacists to be familiar with public health core competencies and considered in planning stages [22].…”

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Integrating pharmacies into public health program planning for pandemic influenza vaccine response

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Kang

Bridges

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Background During an influenza pandemic, to achieve early and rapid vaccination coverage and maximize the benefit of an immunization campaign, partnerships between public health agencies and vaccine providers are essential. Immunizing pharmacists represent an important group for expanding access to pandemic vaccination. However, little is known about nationwide coordination between public health programs and pharmacies for pandemic vaccine response planning. Methods To assess relationships and planning activities between public health programs and pharmacies, we analyzed data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assessments of jurisdictions that received immunization and emergency preparedness funding from 2012 to 2015. Results Forty-seven (88.7%) of 53 jurisdictions reported including pharmacies in pandemic vaccine distribution plans, 24 (45.3%) had processes to recruit pharmacists to vaccinate, and 16 (30.8%) of 52 established formal relationships with pharmacies. Most jurisdictions plan to allocate less than 10% of pandemic vaccine supply to pharmacies. Discussion While most jurisdictions plan to include pharmacies as pandemic vaccine providers, work is needed to establish formalized agreements between public health departments and pharmacies to improve pandemic preparedness coordination and ensure that vaccinating pharmacists are fully utilized during a pandemic.

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Pharmacists’Opinions Regarding Level of Involvement in Emergency Preparedness and Response

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

The role of community pharmacists in public health: a scoping review of the literature

The role of community pharmacists in public health: a scoping review of the literature

Impact of perceived innovation characteristics on adoption of pharmacy-based in-house immunization services

Integrating pharmacies into public health program planning for pandemic influenza vaccine response

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