美国中西部上游地区药剂师对与社区及人群需求相关信息来源的利用情况及其与继续职业教育的关联
Pharmacists' Utilization of Information Sources Related to Community and Population Needs in the Upper Midwest and Associations with Continuing Professional Education.
作者信息
Henkel Paul, Marvanova Marketa
机构信息
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy/College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Department 2650, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA.
出版信息
Pharmacy (Basel). 2019 Aug 29;7(3):125. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030125.
BACKGROUND
To investigate information sources utilized in pharmacists' assessment of population-based health needs and/or community changes; and the association between information sources utilized and reported completion of continuing professional education topics.
METHODS
In 2017; licensed pharmacists (n = 1124) in North Dakota; South Dakota; Minnesota; Iowa; and Nebraska completed a questionnaire on continuing professional education and information sources on population-based health needs and community changes. Data were entered; cleaned and imported into Stata 11.1. Census Bureau county-level population density data were used to classify local area characteristics. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.
RESULTS
Most sources of primary; county-level data on population-based health needs or community changes were minimally utilized. Pharmacists in more rural areas were statistically more likely to use local health professionals; local non-health professionals; and/or the state health department compared to pharmacists in less rural areas. Pharmacists reporting higher use of population-based information sources were more likely to have completed continuing education in the past 12 months for all 21 surveyed topics; 13 significantly so.
CONCLUSIONS
There is a reliance of pharmacists on information from local health and non-health professionals for information on population-based health needs and/or community changes. Utilization of health departments and other primary information sources was associated with increased rates of completion of an array of continuing professional education topics. Expanding utilization of evidence-driven information sources would improve pharmacists' ability to better identify and respond to population-based health needs and/or community changes through programs and services offered; and tailor continuing professional education to population-based health needs.
背景
调查药剂师在评估基于人群的健康需求和/或社区变化时所使用的信息来源；以及所使用的信息来源与报告的继续职业教育主题完成情况之间的关联。
方法
2017年，北达科他州、南达科他州、明尼苏达州、爱荷华州和内布拉斯加州的执业药剂师（n = 1124）完成了一份关于继续职业教育以及基于人群的健康需求和社区变化的信息来源的问卷。数据录入、清理后导入到Stata 11.1中。使用人口普查局县级人口密度数据对当地特征进行分类。进行描述性统计和多变量逻辑回归分析。
结果
关于基于人群的健康需求或社区变化的大多数主要县级数据来源的利用率极低。与农村程度较低地区的药剂师相比，农村程度较高地区的药剂师在统计学上更有可能使用当地卫生专业人员、当地非卫生专业人员和/或州卫生部门。报告更多使用基于人群的信息来源的药剂师在过去12个月中更有可能完成针对所有21个调查主题的继续教育；其中13个主题的相关性非常显著。
结论
药剂师在获取基于人群的健康需求和/或社区变化的信息方面依赖于当地卫生和非卫生专业人员提供的信息。利用卫生部门和其他主要信息来源与一系列继续职业教育主题的完成率提高相关。扩大对循证信息来源的利用将提高药剂师通过提供的项目和服务更好地识别和应对基于人群的健康需求和/或社区变化的能力，并使继续职业教育适应基于人群的健康需求。
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