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. 2009 Nov 12;73(7):123.
doi: 10.5688/aj7307123.

College/school of pharmacy affiliation and community pharmacies' involvement in public health activities

Salisa C Westrick  1 , Jeanine Mount, Suntaree Watcharadamrongkun
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College/school of pharmacy affiliation and community pharmacies' involvement in public health activities

Salisa C Westrick et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the relationship between pharmacy college/school affiliation and community pharmacies' involvement in immunization and emergency preparedness activities.

Methods: Telephone interviews were completed with 1,704 community pharmacies randomly sampled from 17 states to determine the pharmacies' involvement in immunization promotion, vaccine distribution, in-house immunization delivery, and health emergency preparedness and response, affiliation with college/school of pharmacy, and selected pharmacy and public health-related characteristics.

Results: Pharmacy college/school-affiliated community pharmacies were more likely than non-affiliated pharmacies to participate in immunization and emergency preparedness when controlling for pharmacy characteristics. College/school affiliation generally became nonsignificant, however, when public health-related characteristics were included in the analysis.

Conclusions: Affiliation with a college/school of pharmacy was related to community pharmacies' involvement in immunization and emergency preparedness.

Keywords: college of pharmacy; community pharmacy; experiential learning; immunization; public health; school of pharmacy.

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