Relationship between performance barriers and pharmacist competency towards the implementation of an expanded public health pharmacy role

Mathialagan, Amuthaganesh; Nagalinggam, Preesha; Mathialagan, Saravanabavan; Kirby, Brian P.

doi:10.1111/ijpp.12170

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“…International literature addressing the first theme, “public cognizance,” confirms that low public awareness is not exclusive to the United Kingdom . The considerable lack of awareness of extended pharmacy services and pharmacist roles suggests that more could be done to promote the pharmacy setting as an attractive venue for health‐care delivery.…”

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Patient and public perspectives of community pharmacies in the United Kingdom: A systematic review

Hindi

Schafheutle

Jacobs

2017

Health Expectations

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BackgroundThe United Kingdom has been at the forefront of enhancing pharmacist roles and community pharmacy services, particularly over the past decade. However, patient and public awareness of community pharmacy services has been limited.ObjectiveTo identify and synthesize the research literature pertaining to patient and public perspectives on: existing community pharmacy services, extended pharmacist roles and strategies to raise awareness of community pharmacy services.Search strategySystematic search of 8 electronic databases; hand searching of relevant journals, reference lists and conference proceedings.Inclusion criteria UK studies investigating patient or public views on community pharmacy services or pharmacist roles from 2005 to 2016.Data extraction and synthesisData were extracted into a grid and subjected to narrative synthesis following thematic analysis.Main resultsFrom the 3260 unique papers identified, 30 studies were included. Manual searching identified 4 additional studies. Designs using questionnaires (n = 14, 41%), semi‐structured interviews (n = 8, 24%) and focus groups (n = 6, 18%) made up the greatest proportion of studies. Most of the studies (n = 28, 82%) were published from 2010 onwards and covered perceptions of specific community pharmacy services (n = 31). Using a critical appraisal checklist, the overall quality of studies was deemed acceptable. Findings were grouped into 2 main themes “public cognizance” and “attitudes towards services” each with 4 subthemes.Discussion and conclusionsPatients and the public appeared to view services as beneficial. Successful integration of extended pharmacy services requires pharmacists’ clinical skills to be recognized by patients and physicians. Future research should explore different approaches to increase awareness.

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Patient and public perspectives of community pharmacies in the United Kingdom: A systematic review

Hindi

Schafheutle

Jacobs

2017

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“…In the interim, CPD training-which is a prerequisite for pharmacist licensure in Malaysia-should concentrate on enhancing pharmacists' public health roles. [71].…”

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“…It is advised that undergraduate pharmacy education be revised to include public health training to ensure that graduating pharmacists are capable of performing a public health role. The pharmacist's attitude and communication had a positive impact on overall satisfaction and significantly decreased the number of Treatment Related Problems (TRPs), according to research [71,82,65].…”

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Emerging Roles of Community Pharmacist in Public Health: A Review on ASIA

G¹,

U.²,

N.³

et al. 2022

IJRPR

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This study's aim was to conduct a comprehensive review of previously published research publications related to the emerging roles of community pharmacists in public health in Asia. It aims to analyze the new roles that community pharmacists are being called upon to fill in Asian regions in public health with also a focus on maximizing the full capacity of pharmacist skills and development to public health, a continuing advocate, and first-line empowerment of providing pharmacy information queries. The written works of this study utilized a systematic search of existing literature, including articles reporting on the emerging roles of community pharmacists in public health, using the following databases: Cochrane, Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed/Medline, and Research Gate. Hand searching relevant articles on the research topic were employed to help ensure the confinement of all necessary existing literature/articles. The intervention or services types are classified based on the following: smoking cessation services, weight management services, alcohol reduction services, chronic disease management, drug misuse prevention and management services, and immunization and vaccination services; each comprises different major processes aiming to improve an individual's health status providing ways upon validation that are crucial for the betterment of public healthcare. In accordance with the studies, community pharmacist-led public-health programs markedly strengthened the efficiency, steadfastness, and cost-effectiveness of the allocation of public health resources whilst still optimizing the health of clients and patients, specifically whenever it arrives at assessing prospective issues and individuals who seek specialized care. Notwithstanding such, community pharmacy operations still necessitate modification to satisfy the evolving demands of consumers of modern medications. Training must attempt to boost pharmacists' confidence in supplying these services if community pharmacies are to elevate the public health services they serve. A proactive approach to the delivery of public health care by confident, well-trained pharmacists should have a favorable impact on client attitudes and health.

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“…In the context of asthma should also be mentioned another pharmaceutical service -instructing the patient about proper using of inhalers [10]. The important is also the role of the pharmacist as an educator about the nature of the disease and healthy lifestyle [11]. Currently, in Poland only one of the various possible advanced pharmaceutical services has been implemented -advising about side effects or interactions between the drug used in asthma and medicinal products available without physicians' prescription (OTC, over the counter) [12].…”

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The Pharmaceutical Care in Asthma—Polish and Global Perspective

Świeczkowski

Poniatowski²,

Merks

et al. 2016

Advances in Respiratory Medicine

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The pharmaceutical care is a pharmacist's contribution to the care of individual patients and leads to optimize the use of drugs. The pharmaceutical care may improve adherence, clinical effectiveness of providing therapy and improve the health-related quality of life. The conducted literature review confirmed that pharmaceutical care and advanced pharmaceutical services are clinical effective in asthma. The implementation of pharmaceutical care under Polish conditions is currently insufficient and remains challenging for the future. Herein we should admit, that the polish government has recently put an effort to appoint specially dedicated team establishing a program of reimbursed pharmaceutical care. This move should be considered as a new phase for amendments community pharmacy in Poland. The experience of different health care systems, including for instance United Kingdom, Australia or Canada, might be used in the process of changing Polish perspective. Herein, we have reviewed the literature and highlighted the services creating the program of pharmaceutical care in asthma. This unique work describes the complex nature of optimal pharmaceutical services emphasizing the strong necessity of multidimensional approach in this field.

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Relationship between performance barriers and pharmacist competency towards the implementation of an expanded public health pharmacy role

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Patient and public perspectives of community pharmacies in the United Kingdom: A systematic review

Patient and public perspectives of community pharmacies in the United Kingdom: A systematic review

Emerging Roles of Community Pharmacist in Public Health: A Review on ASIA

The Pharmaceutical Care in Asthma—Polish and Global Perspective

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