A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population

Babar, Zaheer‐Ud‐Din; Bukhari, Nadeem Irfan; Sarwar, Wasim; Efendie, Benny; Pereira, Rosa Inês Costa; Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki Nik

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“…The scoping exercise identified nine papers on smoking cessation [13,42–49] . In a cross‐sectional study, it was reported that increased awareness and the willingness to quit smoking is a sign that pharmacist counselling seems to be helpful in smoking cessation [47] .…”

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“…[13,[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] In a cross-sectional study, it was reported that increased awareness and the willingness to quit smoking is a sign that pharmacist counselling seems to be helpful in smoking cessation. [47] This evidence is also supported by another study revealing that the initiatives to increase pharmacists' tobacco-related knowledge, as well as the skills to enhance their sense of responsibility in health promotion, may promote the ability of pharmacists to provide consultancy services with accuracy and effectiveness. [48] In a randomised controlled trial, the authors concluded that increased engagement of pharmacists in tobacco cessation is likely to have a significant impact on smoking rates, prevention of tobaccorelated diseases and overall improvement in public health.…”

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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Objectives To review the literature, including published and unpublished evidence, around the role of community pharmacists in public health, to identify key themes emerging from these data and to identify gaps in the evidence base.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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“…8 Babar et al reported that opportunities exist for Malaysian pharmacists to render services in smoking cessation. 9 Despite these opportunities, Malaysian pharmacists were not contributing optimally in this area. 10,11 Lack of comprehensive tobacco-related courses and training in most universities' curricula was cited as a major contributing factor, as well as lack of in-service training and continuing professional development (CPD) programs focusing on the subject.…”

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Training Malaysian Pharmacy Undergraduates with Knowledge and Skills on Smoking Cessation

Simansalam

Brewster

Mohamed

2015

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To evaluate the feasibility of an online training module, Certified Smoking Cessation Service Provider (CSCSP), developed for practicing pharmacists to equip pharmacy students with knowledge necessary for smoking cessation counseling and to assess the changes in student knowledge and skills regarding smoking cessation following training. Design. Sixty third-year and 80 fourth-year pharmacy undergraduates (N5140) were given access to an online module, the main intervention in the study. Two linkable questionnaires were administered to assess students' preintervention and postintervention knowledge. For the third-year students, an additional role-play training component was incorporated, and student skills were assessed during week 14 with an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Assessment. Preintervention and postintervention knowledge assessments were completed by 130 (92.8%) students. Sixty-six students scored above 50% for the knowledge component postintervention, compared to 13 at preintervention, demonstrating significant improvement (x2(1, N5130)532, p50.003). All third-year students completed the intervention, and 66.7% were able to counsel excellently for smoking cessation, scoring more than 80%. Conclusion. The CSCSP online module developed for practicing professionals was found suitable for equipping pharmacy undergraduates with knowledge on smoking cessation topics. The module, along with role-play training, also equipped students with knowledge and skills to provide smoking cessation counseling.

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“…Pharmacists and pharmacies in many countries have important roles in promoting public health 1–8 . 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 .…”

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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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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population

Abstract: Increase in awareness of and willingness to quit smoking reflects that pharmacist counseling seems to be helpful in cessation of smoking.

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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

Training Malaysian Pharmacy Undergraduates with Knowledge and Skills on Smoking Cessation

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

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