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Ohio Pharmacists’ Provision of Non-Dispensing Services to Underserved Populations: Involvement, Willingness, Capabilities, and Barriers to Care

Blazejewski, Lucas M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1342157653

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2012, Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Science (MSP), University of Toledo, College of Pharmacy.
Background: The number of US citizens that are struggling to access care is steadily increasing. Medically underserved populations tend to suffer from increased health complications as a result. Pharmacist may increase health care access by providing non-dispensing services, which have shown to be effective improving patient health. Little information exists that describes pharmacists’ involvement in providing care to underserved populations and their potential to grow in this role. Objectives: 1.) To measure the proportion of pharmacists that frequently provide non-dispensing services to underserved populations in the State of Ohio 2.) To identify which factors either environment or personal that pharmacists’ feel most prevent the provision of non-dispensing services underserved populations 3.) To identify environmental or personal factors that predict pharmacists’ provision of non-dispensing services to underserved populations 4.) To assess if pharmacists are willing to work with underserved patient populations with different characteristics, provide specific non-dispensing services, and provide disease state management for different diseases 5.) To assess if pharmacists perceive themselves capable to work with underserved "#! ! patient populations with different characteristics, provide specific non-dispensing services, and provide disease state management for different diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was designed based on the Social Cognitive Theory to assess pharmacists’ provision of non-dispensing services to underserved populations and mailed to 2,000 pharmacists between December 2011 and March 2012. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were run to determine pharmacists’ involvement with underserved populations, their willingness and capabilities to provide services to underserved populations, and barriers to providing care. Results: 363 pharmacists responded for a response rate of 19.7%. Currently, 43% of pharmacists provide some form of non-dispensing service to underserved populations. In general, 50%-75% of respondents were willing and 18.7%-60.9% were capable providing a variety of non-dispensing services to a variety of underserved populations. Analysis of barriers to providing care indicated work place and volunteering barriers more responsible for pharmacists not providing care to underserved populations. Conclusion: Personal factors did not cause many barriers to providing non-dispensing services to underserved populations and most pharmacists appeared to be willing and/or capable. Communication between organizations that provide services to underserved populations and pharmacists or their employers may need to be improved to increase pharmacist participation.
Varun Vaidya, PhD (Committee Chair)
Sharrel Pinto, PhD (Committee Member)
Caroline Gaither, PhD (Committee Member)
181 p.
Pharmacy Sciences
Non-physician Clinician; Non-dispensing services; Medication Therapy Management; Pharmaceutical Care; Medically Uninsured; Medically Underserved Area; Medical Indigency

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  • Blazejewski, L. M. (2012). Ohio Pharmacists’ Provision of Non-Dispensing Services to Underserved Populations: Involvement, Willingness, Capabilities, and Barriers to Care [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1342157653

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Blazejewski, Lucas. Ohio Pharmacists’ Provision of Non-Dispensing Services to Underserved Populations: Involvement, Willingness, Capabilities, and Barriers to Care. 2012. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1342157653.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Blazejewski, Lucas. "Ohio Pharmacists’ Provision of Non-Dispensing Services to Underserved Populations: Involvement, Willingness, Capabilities, and Barriers to Care." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1342157653

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