The feasibility of contraceptive injections at the community pharmacy

Heller, Rebecca; Johnstone, Anne; Cameron, Sharon

doi:10.1080/13625187.2017.1357808

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“…They perceived the main benefit to GPs of extended pharmacy services was to reduce workload pressures (Agomo, Ogunleye, & Portlock, 2016a;Atkins et al, 2016;Morecroft et al, 2015;Pumtong et al, 2008), freeing up GPs time to deal with more urgent matters (Heller, Johnstone, & Cameron, 2017;Morecroft et al, 2015). In terms of their own benefit, most pharmacists viewed these services as an opportunity for role expansion/professional development, improving their relationships with patients (Butt & Ream, 2016;Campion et al, 2007;Latif et al, 2016;Paudyal et al, 2010;Pumtong et al, 2008;Urwin et al, 2016) and GPs (Agomo et al, 2016a;Pumtong et al, 2008).…”

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Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Hindi

Jacobs

Schafheutle

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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There has been a strong policy emphasis over the past decade on optimising patient-centred care and reducing general practitioners' (GPs') workload by extending community pharmacy services and collaboration between pharmacists and GPs. Our aim was to review current evidence of pharmacists' and GPs' views of extended community pharmacy services and pharmacists' roles in the United Kingdom (UK). A systematic review was undertaken looking at UK studies investigating pharmacists' and/or GPs' views of community pharmacy services or roles from 2005 to 2017. A range of databases were searched including EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA), PsycINFO, Science Direct and The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). In addition, reference lists of included studies were screened and grey literature was searched. Following the application of inclusion/exclusion criteria, the quality of papers was critically analysed, findings were extracted into a grid and subjected to narrative synthesis following thematic analysis. The search strategy yielded a total of 4,066 unique papers from which 60 were included. Forty-seven papers covered pharmacists' views, nine combined both pharmacists' and GPs' views and four covered GPs' views. Study designs included interviews (n = 31, 52%), questionnaire surveys (n = 17, 28%) and focus groups (n = 7, 12%). Three main themes emerged from the data: "attitudes towards services/roles", "community pharmacy organisations" and "external influences". Pharmacists and GPs perceived a number of barriers to successful implementation and integration of pharmacy services. Moreover, collaboration between pharmacists and GPs remains poor despite the introduction of extended services. Overall, extending community pharmacy services require quality-driven incentives and joint working between community pharmacists and GPs to achieve better integration within the patient's primary care pathway.

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Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Hindi

Jacobs

Schafheutle

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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“…Users found pharmacies convenient, easy and quick to access and use. They liked that compared to other providers, no appointments needed to be organised (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33). However, a barrier to service delivery experienced by some users was that trained staff were not always available to provide the service (32).…”

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“…With the exception of some younger individuals, pharmacy users generally had a positive counselling experience, felt comfortable discussing sexual health (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) and found that appropriate advice was provided (26)(27)(28)30,31,(33)(34)(35). However, in two quantitative studies, pharmacy users found counselling on EC less informative and satisfactory compared to users of other sexual health providers (25,34,35): Whereas 95% of users of clinical services (78/83) agreed that adequate advice on EC was provided, fewer pharmacy users (82%; 41/50) did so (25).…”

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“…Staff believed that pharmacies were well suited for the provision of sexual health services because of their large clientele, accessibility and convenience (32,(36)(37)(38)(39). However, some staff thought that pharmacies might not be ideal for condom distribution (40) as they were not frequently used by young men, and that young men may be hesitant in approaching female pharmacy staff to request sexual health services (40).…”

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Pharmacy-based sexual health services: a systematic review of experiences and attitudes of pharmacy users and pharmacy staff

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BackgroundPharmacies are increasingly providing services related to contraception and STIs. Identifying pharmacy staff’ and users’ experiences and attitudes relating to sexual health services is critical to understand users’ needs and examining how pharmacy staff can most effectively contribute to patient-centred care. This systematic review aimed to examine pharmacy staff and pharmacy users’ experiences and attitudes towards the delivery of a large range of sexual health services.MethodsSeven electronic databases and the reference lists of all included studies were searched in September 2018. Studies giving insight into pharmacy users’ and pharmacy staff’s experiences and attitudes towards the delivery of services related to contraception and STIs were included. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to assess the quality of included studies and a narrative synthesis applied to analyse evidence.ResultsNineteen studies were included. Eleven studies looked at pharmacy staff, four at users and four at both groups. Users found services accessible and convenient and staff found service provision feasible. However, several barriers to service delivery were identified including lack of privacy for delivering services, lack of trained staff available to provide services and subjective judgements being made on who should be provided or offered a service.DiscussionBarriers to service delivery need to be addressed to allow pharmacies to deliver their full potential. Future research on pharmacy-based gonorrhoea and syphilis screening, and hepatitis B vaccination is needed.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018106807.

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“…Wydaje się, że wydzielenie przestrzeni konsultacyjnej, przynajmniej częściowo mogłoby ułatwić farmaceutom dyskutowane zadania [9]. Potrzeba wydzielenia pomieszczenia/boksu w aptece nabiera szczególnego znaczenia w kontekście innych działań podejmowanych przez farmaceutów na świecie w ramach promocji zdrowia seksualnego -wymienić tu można dla przykładu podawanie kontynuacji zastrzyku antykoncepcyjnego (Depo-Provera ® ) [10].…”

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The role of the community pharmacists in the promotion of the sexual and reproductive health in Poland

Gołda¹,

Dymek²,

Skowron³

2018

Farm Pol.

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The role of the community pharmacists in the promotion of the sexual and reproductive health in Poland • The paper analyzes the importance of the community pharmacies in the promotion of reproductive and sexual health in the polish environment. The main purpose of the article is to present the pharmaceutical services connected with reproductive health promotion that should be undertaken by pharmacists in Poland.

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The feasibility of contraceptive injections at the community pharmacy

Abstract: Delivery of the subcutaneous contraceptive injectable from a community pharmacy may be feasible but availability of sufficient numbers of pharmacists trained in this technique is necessary for a robust model of service delivery.

Cited by 13 publications

References 212 publications

Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Solidarity or dissonance? A systematic review of pharmacist and GP views on community pharmacy services in the UK

Pharmacy-based sexual health services: a systematic review of experiences and attitudes of pharmacy users and pharmacy staff

The role of the community pharmacists in the promotion of the sexual and reproductive health in Poland

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