Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:7873951. doi: 10.1155/2017/7873951. Epub 2017 Jul 31.
Health promotion is now becoming an integral part of community pharmacy practice worldwide.
This study was intended to determine the level of involvement of community pharmacists in providing health promotion service and to identify the barriers to the practice.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 48 community pharmacists working in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. Data on sociodemographic factors, practice, and barriers to health promotion service were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 20.
The majority of respondents were B.Pharm holders ( = 27, 56.3%). Almost all respondents ( = 45, 95.8%) were willing and claimed to be well involved in health promotion services. The top 5 services were related to drug misuse, asthma, diabetes, family planning, and cardiovascular diseases. However, involvement in some types of health promotion services significantly differed based on sex, educational level, and pharmacy ownership of respondents. The main barrier reported was lack of training.
The community pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, are engaged in health promotion activities. However lack of training has limited their level of involvement and practice differences were noted based on sex, educational level, and pharmacy ownership status of the respondents.
健康促进如今已成为全球社区药房实践不可或缺的一部分。
本研究旨在确定社区药剂师参与提供健康促进服务的程度，并确定实践中的障碍。
在埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔镇对 48 名社区药剂师进行了横断面研究。使用 SPSS 版本 20 收集和分析了社会人口统计学因素、实践和健康促进服务障碍的数据。
大多数受访者是 B.Pharm 持有者（=27，56.3%）。几乎所有受访者（=45，95.8%）都愿意并声称自己很好地参与了健康促进服务。排名前五的服务与药物滥用、哮喘、糖尿病、计划生育和心血管疾病有关。然而，根据受访者的性别、教育水平和药房所有权，参与某些类型的健康促进服务的程度存在显著差异。报告的主要障碍是缺乏培训。
埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔的社区药剂师参与了健康促进活动。然而，缺乏培训限制了他们的参与程度，并且根据受访者的性别、教育水平和药房所有权状况，实践差异明显。
