The effect of the Original MethOd at pharmacy To ENhAnce Support for Health Improvement in the limited Japanese proficiency patients visiting local community pharmacy: A randomized controlled trial

Suzuki, Shota; Kato, Eri; Sato, Keiko; Konda, Manako; Kuwabara, Yoshihiro; Yasuno, Shinji; Liu, Jinliang; Masuda, Izuru; Ueshima, Kenji

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.034

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“…Interpreter services were acknowledged as a possible mechanism to support improved access to seeking medicines advice; however, participants recognized the contrast in availability and prevalence of interpreter services in community pharmacies compared to other UK healthcare settings, like General Practice surgeries. This echoes findings from other high‐income countries where community pharmacists have played a role in delivering medicines reviews for patients from ethnic minority communities, including in Australia, 46,55,56 the United States, 57,58 Japan, 59 New Zealand 60 and Denmark 61 . Given the findings from this study, researchers, service commissioners and service designers should next look at mechanisms to better facilitate the provision of interpreter services within community pharmacies.…”

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Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: A qualitative person‐centred codesign study

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Sile

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Medicines-centred consultations are vital to support medicine effectiveness and optimize health outcomes for patients. However, inequalities negatively impact ethnic minority populations when accessing medicines advice. It is important to identify opportunities to improve access for these communities however, knowledge of how best to achieve this is lacking; this study will generate recommendations to improve access to medicines advice from community pharmacies for people from ethnic minority communities.Methods: A series of codesign workshops, with four groups of patient-stakeholders, were conducted between September-November 2021; they took place in-person or via video call (adhering to COVID-19 restrictions). Existing evidence-based perceptions affecting access to medicines advice were critiqued and recommendations were generated, by use of reflexive thematic analysis, to improve access for ethnic minority patients. The workshops were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. QSR NVivo (Version 12) facilitated data analysis.Results: Twelve participants were recruited using purposive sampling; including eight UK citizens, two asylum seekers and two participants in receipt of residency visas. In total, four different ethnic minority groups were represented. Each participant took part in a first and second workshop to share and cocreate recommendations to improve access to medicines advice in community pharmacies.Three recommendations were developed and centred on: (i) delivering and providing culturally competent medicines advice; (ii) building awareness of accessing medicines

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Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: A qualitative person‐centred codesign study

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Sile

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“…We are also involved in research activities aimed at improving communication with non-Japanese patients in pharmacies. In addition to these, we try to establish educational programs for pharmacists [23][24][25].…”

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Information-Seeking Behavior of Community Pharmacists in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Study Based on Indexing Web Page Access (Preprint)

Suzuki¹,

Nishikawa²,

Okada³

et al. 2021

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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an infodemic, and the need for rapid and accurate information seeking and providing has become an urgent issue. Community pharmacies play an important role in supporting the health of residents as “Communicators”. In the early stages of the pandemic in Japan, there was a lack of information in pharmacies about infection control written in Japanese. Therefore, the Pharmacy Informatics Group (Kyoto, Japan) published a Japanese-language web page to disseminate this information. Nevertheless, the information-seeking behavior of Japanese pharmacists during disasters such as COVID-19 has not been fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the information-seeking behavior of community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic, with relation to COVID-19 infections and deaths within their local prefecture. METHODS An ecological study comparing the number of accesses to the web page established by the Pharmacy Informatics Group and the number of infections and deaths in 47 prefectures was conducted. Total number of accesses (TA), total number of infections (TI) per 100,000 population, total number of deaths (TD) per 100,000 population, and number of pharmacists per 100,000 population for the 47 prefectures during the target period (April 6 to September 30, 2020) were calculated using the access information on the web page and public information. RESULTS In Japan, during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, TA was 226,130 (10,984–138,898), TI was 78,761 (1,738–31,857), and TD was 1,470 (39–436). The correlation between TA and TI per 100,000 population in 47 prefectures was r=.72 (95% CI: .55–.83, P<.001), and between TA and TD per 100,000 population in 47 prefectures was r=.44 (95% CI: .17–.65, P=.002). CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that information-seeking behavior of community pharmacists was positively correlated with infection status within the community.

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Information-seeking behaviour of community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study

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ObjectiveTo evaluate the information-seeking behaviour of pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to COVID-19 and related infections and deaths within the local prefecture.DesignEcological study.SettingJapan—47 prefectures.MethodsThe number of accesses to a Japanese web page established by the Pharmacy Informatics Group to disseminate information about infection control and the number of infections and deaths in 47 prefectures were investigated from 6 April to 30 September 2020 using the access information on the web page and publicly available information.ResultsDuring the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of accesses was 226 130 (range: 10 984–138 898 per month), the total number of infections was 78 761 (1738–31 857) and the total number of deaths was 1470 (39–436). The correlation between the total number of accesses and that of infections per 100 000 individuals in 47 prefectures was r=0.72 (95% CI 0.55 to 0.83, p<0.001), and between the total number of accesses and deaths per 100 000 individuals in 47 prefectures was r=0.44 (95% CI 0.17 to 0.65, p=0.002).ConclusionsThe information-seeking behaviour of community pharmacists correlated positively with infection status within the community.

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The effect of the Original MethOd at pharmacy To ENhAnce Support for Health Improvement in the limited Japanese proficiency patients visiting local community pharmacy: A randomized controlled trial

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Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: A qualitative person‐centred codesign study

Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: A qualitative person‐centred codesign study

Information-Seeking Behavior of Community Pharmacists in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Study Based on Indexing Web Page Access (Preprint)

Information-seeking behaviour of community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study

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