Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via L. Armanni, 5 80138 Naples, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 24;17(6):2147. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17062147.
Pharmacists should be educated about travel medicine, since they could influence their own choices and those of the individuals they encounter. This study aims to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards infectious diseases related to travel among community pharmacists in Italy. The data was collected from September 2018 to September 2019 using semi-structured telephone interviews. Only 1.8% answered correctly to all seven questions regarding the infectious diseases related to travel. Community pharmacists who had heard about travel medicine and those who had received information were more likely to have good knowledge. More than two-thirds of the respondents believed that it is important to provide information to the public about travel medicine. Pharmacists who worked a higher number of hours per week, were more knowledgeable about the more frequent infectious diseases related to travel, believed that travel medicine was a pharmacist competency, believed that they could give advice to the public, and had received information from scientific journals and educational activities were more likely to have this positive attitude. More than two-thirds often/always informed the public about the importance of having travel health center counseling. Pharmacists who had heard about travel medicine and those who believed that they could give advice to the public were more likely to inform. Interventions are needed to improve knowledge in order that community pharmacists can play an active role in counseling the public.
药剂师应该接受旅行医学方面的教育，因为他们可以影响自己和他们所遇到的人的选择。本研究旨在调查意大利社区药剂师对与旅行相关的传染病的知识、态度和行为。数据于 2018 年 9 月至 2019 年 9 月通过半结构化电话访谈收集。只有 1.8%的人正确回答了与旅行相关的传染病的七个问题。听说过旅行医学和接受过相关信息的社区药剂师更有可能具有良好的知识。超过三分之二的受访者认为向公众提供有关旅行医学的信息很重要。每周工作时间更长、对更常见的与旅行相关的传染病了解更多的药剂师、认为旅行医学是药剂师的能力、认为他们可以向公众提供建议以及从科学期刊和教育活动中获得信息的药剂师更有可能持这种积极态度。超过三分之二的药剂师经常/总是向公众宣传获得旅行健康中心咨询的重要性。听说过旅行医学和认为自己可以向公众提供建议的药剂师更有可能提供信息。需要采取干预措施来提高知识水平，以便社区药剂师能够在为公众提供咨询方面发挥积极作用。
