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Exploring barriers and enablers of antibiotic amnesty campaigns. 探索抗生素大赦运动的障碍和推动因素。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-29 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2316033
Philip Howard, Gillian Hawksworth, Sara Hussain, Nafeesa Khan, Rabiya Bahadar, Jill Msindo, Sarah Frank, Mamoon A Aldeyab
{"title":"Exploring barriers and enablers of antibiotic amnesty campaigns.","authors":"Philip Howard, Gillian Hawksworth, Sara Hussain, Nafeesa Khan, Rabiya Bahadar, Jill Msindo, Sarah Frank, Mamoon A Aldeyab","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2316033","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2316033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This editorial highlights the different barriers and enablers of antibiotic amnesty campaigns in community pharmacies. The main enablers of antibiotic amnesties included effective counselling and successful use of promotional resources, whilst the main barriers included lack of education in patients and staff. Enabling factors such as effective counselling and use of promotional resources should be continued with patients, whilst the main barriers can be tackled with provision of sufficient education, training, and knowledge for patients. Educating staff, by providing appropriate training to all staff members present in the pharmacy, can positively contribute to the success of antibiotic amnesty campaigns. The findings of this work can inform the development of interventions needed to improve antibiotic amnesties, resulting in more antibiotics being returned and contributing towards tackling the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10906116/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The caregiver's experience of childhood cancer treatment in South Africa. 南非儿童癌症治疗护理者的经历。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-29 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2312382
I R Joosse, H A van den Ham, A K Mantel-Teeuwisse, F Suleman
{"title":"The caregiver's experience of childhood cancer treatment in South Africa.","authors":"I R Joosse, H A van den Ham, A K Mantel-Teeuwisse, F Suleman","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2312382","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2312382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study explored the treatment-related, financial and psychological experiences of caregivers during cancer treatment of their children in South Africa's (SA) public and private sectors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this exploratory study, three focus groups were conducted with caregivers of children undergoing cancer treatment in SA's public healthcare sector. A fourth small focus group with two parents in the private sector was conducted online. A mixed-methods approach was employed using a combination of thematic analysis and grounded theory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 20 public sector caregivers, many expressed frustration at the number of visits to primary healthcare clinics before being referred. Caregivers had difficulties coping with and accepting the diagnosis, alongside managing continued care for the child and other children at home. Support received by family and community members was varied. Financial strain was an important concern. The two private sector parents indicated greater levels of support and no financial hardship, but expressed similar levels of emotional stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These caregiver experiences indicate that improvements are urgently needed in the recognition of childhood cancer symptoms at primary healthcare level in SA. They also highlight a need for increased financial support from government through social grants, travel allowances and nutritional support.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10906129/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Self-reported side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among the public. 公众对 COVID-19 疫苗副作用的自我报告。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-27 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2308617
Mahmathi Karuppannan, Long Chiau Ming, Mohd Shahezwan Abdul Wahab, Zakiah Mohd Noordin, Shermaine Yee, Andi Hermansyah
{"title":"Self-reported side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among the public.","authors":"Mahmathi Karuppannan, Long Chiau Ming, Mohd Shahezwan Abdul Wahab, Zakiah Mohd Noordin, Shermaine Yee, Andi Hermansyah","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2308617","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2308617","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The safety, side effects and efficacy profile of COVID-19 vaccines remain subjects of ongoing concern among the public in Malaysia. The aim of this study was to determine the types of adverse effects following immunisation with COVID-19 vaccines and the differences based on various types of COVID-19 vaccines to raise public awareness and reduce vaccine hesitancy among the public.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong><i>A total of</i> 901 Malaysian adults (≥18 years) who received various COVID-19 vaccines were selected to participate in our cross-sectional study through an online survey between December 2021 and January 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong><i>A total of</i> 814 (90.3%) of the participants reported ≥1 side effect following COVID-19 immunisation. Of these, the predominant symptoms were swelling at the injection site (<i>n</i> = 752, 83.5%), headache (<i>n</i> = 638, 70.8%), pain or soreness at the injection site (<i>n</i> = 628, 69.7%), fatigue or tiredness (<i>n</i> = 544, 60.4%), muscle weakness (<i>n</i> = 529, 58.7%) and diarrhea (<i>n</i> = 451, 50.1%). Recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty ®) vaccine reported the highest number of adverse effects (<i>n</i> = 355, 43.6%), followed by mixed COVID-19 vaccines (<i>n</i> = 254, 31.2%), the Oxford-AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-®[recombinant]) vaccine (<i>n</i> = 113, 13.9%) and the Sinovac (CoronaVac®) vaccine (<i>n</i> = 90, 11.1%). The study showed that individuals who reported significantly more side effects were of elderly age, female gender and high educational level [<i>P</i> value < 0.05]. Mixed COVID-19 vaccine recipients also reported significantly more local and systemic symptoms after the first dose and third dose when compared with other single vaccine recipients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrated the types of self-reported adverse effects following immunisation with single and mixed COVID-19 vaccines. These findings may provide the side effects of different COVID-19 vaccines with the hope of educating the public on the safety profiles of these vaccines and reducing vaccine hesitancy among the public.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10901186/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139990394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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In-hospital outcome and its predictors among patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema at a tertiary hospital in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study 埃塞俄比亚东部哈拉尔一家三级医院急性心源性肺水肿患者的院内预后及其预测因素:一项回顾性队列研究
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2309294
Natanim Degefu, A. Jambo, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Melaku Getachew
{"title":"In-hospital outcome and its predictors among patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema at a tertiary hospital in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study","authors":"Natanim Degefu, A. Jambo, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Melaku Getachew","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2309294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20523211.2024.2309294","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background: Acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is highly associated with poor in-hospital outcomes. This study aimed to determine the in-hospital outcome and its predictors among patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema at a tertiary hospital in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, from May 1 to 20, 2023. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was employed among 204 patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema who were admitted between 1st May 2018 and 30th April 2023. The collected data were entered into Excel, and analysed using theSTATA software version 17. The hazard ratio with its 95% confidence interval was used and a P-value < 0.05 was considered a statistically significant association. Results: The overall mortality rate was 17.60 (95% CI: 11.59–26.72) per 1000 person-day observation with mean (±SD) time to death was 2.88 (±2.06) days. Age (AHR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.04–1.74 for every 10 years), being smoker (AHR: 3.26; 95% CI: 1.05–10.10), having respiratory rate of ≥40 breaths per minute (AHR: 5.46; 95% CI: 1.71–17.45), and having anaemia (AHR: 4.35; 95% CI: 1.23–15.33) were significant predictors of in-hospital mortality. Conclusion: More than one in ten patients in this study died in the hospital. Therefore, special attention needs to be considered for patients with those predictors of in-hospital mortality.","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139957770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The effect of prescription patterns on the performance of the pharmacy department of a Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. 处方模式对乌干达地区转诊医院药剂部工作的影响。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-20 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2306852
Gerald Manzi Mbabazize, Vedaste Kagisha, Kato J Njunwa, Joseph Oloro
{"title":"The effect of prescription patterns on the performance of the pharmacy department of a Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.","authors":"Gerald Manzi Mbabazize, Vedaste Kagisha, Kato J Njunwa, Joseph Oloro","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306852","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Poor drug prescription patterns (PP) result in irrational medicine use, avoidable stock outs and drug expiries.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study primarily assessed the effects of PP on the performance of the pharmacy department (PD) of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) Uganda.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a mixed method cross-sectional study conducted in the outpatient department (OPD) of MRRH, questionnaires were administered to 86 prescribers and 300 patient prescriptions were reviewed. Ethical clearance was granted and informed consent of patients. Data were analysed, presented in the form of graphs, tables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prescription fill rate was 60.5%, being higher among dental officers and lower among those who did not adhere to generic prescribing and EML. Medical officers made most prescriptions at 69.3%. Prescriptions with four (47.1%) and six (17.5%) medicines respectively were made by clinical officers. Of the 300 prescriptions, 76% adhered to the Essential Medicines List (EML), 62% used generic name including 87.3% from dental officers and 52.9% by clinical officersThe overall prescription fill rate was 60.5%, being higher among dental officers and lower among those who did not adhere to generic prescribing and EML. Medical officers made most prescriptions at 69.3%. Prescriptions with four (47.1%) and six (17.5%) medicines respectively were made by clinical officers. Of the 300 prescriptions, 76% adhered to the Essential Medicines List (EML), 62% used generic name including 87.3% from dental officers and 52.9% by clinical officers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Prescription pattern affected the performance of the PD of MRRH, calling for its continued monitoring to ensure that guidelines are upheld, EML and UCG are availed and utilized.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10880563/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139931653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Omicron wave during December 2022 - January 2023: access to pharmaceuticals and healthcare resources and impacts on health outcomes in Shenzhen, China. 2022 年 12 月至 2023 年 1 月期间的 Omicron 浪潮:中国深圳的药品和医疗资源获取情况及其对健康结果的影响。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2306867
Jiayue Chen, Haisu Feng, Jiatong Sun, Yawen Jiang
{"title":"Omicron wave during December 2022 - January 2023: access to pharmaceuticals and healthcare resources and impacts on health outcomes in Shenzhen, China.","authors":"Jiayue Chen, Haisu Feng, Jiatong Sun, Yawen Jiang","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306867","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study described pharmaceutical and medical resource accessibility of COVID-19 treatment in Shenzhen, China during the peak of COVID-19 infection from December 2022 to January 2023, and examined its influence on clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We surveyed Shenzhen residents on COVID-19-related topics using electronic questionnaires. We conducted descriptive statistical analyses and multiple regressions including logistic and Tobit models to explore the impacts of resource constraints on patient outcomes. Resource utilisation and attempts to seek medical care were also described for severity-stratified subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>76.8% of respondents reported experiencing COVID-19 symptoms between December 7, 2022 and January 29, 2023. Of those who attempted to purchase medication, 72.8% reported drug shortage. 49% of those seeking medical treatment experienced difficulties. Compared with those who did not experience drug shortages, those who did had an odds ratio of 1.959 (95% CI: 1.159 ∼3.313) of presenting with moderate to severe symptoms. Compared with those without difficulties in seeking medical treatment, those who did had an average of 0.39 (95% CI: 0.110 ∼0.670) more days absent from work.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Shenzhen residents with COVID-19 symptoms from December 2022 to January 2023 experienced a certain degree of pharmaceutical and medical resource constraints, which might have compromised their prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10866053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139735431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Impact of pharmaceutical care interventions in improving clinical outcomes among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review. 药物护理干预对改善肺结核患者临床疗效的影响:系统综述。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2305770
Kheloud Awad, Myriam Jaam, Ahmed Awaisu, Derek Stewart, Hassaan Anwer Rathore, Muhammad Abdul Hadi
{"title":"Impact of pharmaceutical care interventions in improving clinical outcomes among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review.","authors":"Kheloud Awad, Myriam Jaam, Ahmed Awaisu, Derek Stewart, Hassaan Anwer Rathore, Muhammad Abdul Hadi","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2305770","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2305770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pharmacists can play an important role in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) through optimising medication use and safety, promoting adherence to anti-TB drugs, and providing patient education. Limited evidence is available on the effectiveness of pharmacist's interventions on health outcomes in patients with pulmonary TB. This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of pharmaceutical care interventions in the management of pulmonary TB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>English language studies assessing the impact of pharmaceutical care interventions in TB management were searched across three electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane), a RCT registry ClinicalTrial.gov, a peer-reviewed journal 'The Lancet Infectious Diseases', and the references of retrieved articles. Interventions delivered by pharmacists alone or as part of multidisciplinary teams were included in the review. Data were extracted using the modified Cochrane EPOC standardised data collection tool. The Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 and the NIH quality assessment tools were used to assess the risk of bias among included studies. Data were synthesised narratively. (PROSPERO Protocol Registration CRD42022325771).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirteen studies, including two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 3886 patients were included. Many of the included studies had a high risk of bias and lacked cohert reporting of treatment outcomes. The most common pharmaceutical care interventions were education and counselling regarding adverse drug reactions and resolution of drug-related problems. Five studies showed a relatively high TB completion rate yet only one study reached the targeted treatment success goal of (>90%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current evidence suggests that pharmaceutical care interventions can potentially improve treatment outcomes among patients with pulmonary TB. However, no definitive conclusion can be drawn given the low methodological quality of the included studies and lack of long-term follow-up data. Well-designed RCTs with careful attention to study methodology, standardised outcomes assessment aligned with the World Health Organization's guidelines are warranted to guide future practice and policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10851829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139707009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Accessibility of malaria commodities in Geita District Council, mainland Tanzania: the experiences from healthcare providers and clients. 坦桑尼亚大陆盖塔区议会疟疾商品的可及性:医疗服务提供者和客户的经验。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2308611
Anna David, Omary Swalehe, Jean D' Amour Habagusenga, Stany Banzimana, Domina Asingizwe, Frank Chacky, Fabrizio Molteni
{"title":"Accessibility of malaria commodities in Geita District Council, mainland Tanzania: the experiences from healthcare providers and clients.","authors":"Anna David, Omary Swalehe, Jean D' Amour Habagusenga, Stany Banzimana, Domina Asingizwe, Frank Chacky, Fabrizio Molteni","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2308611","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2308611","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Access to essential malaria commodities is a cornerstone in malaria control. However optimal availability and access to essential malaria commodities remain a challenge in Tanzania. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the factors affecting the accessibility of malaria commodities in Tanzania.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a mixed-method cross-sectional study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data were collected between February and March 2023 from health facilities, health facility staff, and patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Availability of malaria commodities in government health facilities was 100% for all items while in the private and faith-based facilities, this ranged from 10% to 80%. The reasons for stockouts in Government facilities were related to delayed and inadequate quantity delivery while in private facilities the main reason was the lack of cash for procurement. Both private facilities' clients and healthcare providers concurred that most people do not access complete treatment due to the high costs of prescribed medicines and poor stocking levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The availability, hence the accessibility, of malaria commodities in private and faith-based health facilities is still sub-optimal. Logistic management needs to be improved to eliminate stockouts and malaria commodities high costs need a permanent solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10851820/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139707007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assessing determinants of the availability of HIV tracer commodities in health facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda. 评估乌干达瓦基索地区医疗机构提供艾滋病毒示踪商品的决定因素。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2306846
Falisy Lule, Kalid Rajab, Stany Banzimana, Domina Asingizwe
{"title":"Assessing determinants of the availability of HIV tracer commodities in health facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda.","authors":"Falisy Lule, Kalid Rajab, Stany Banzimana, Domina Asingizwe","doi":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306846","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20523211.2024.2306846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>HIV/AIDS commodity stock-outs are still rampant in most African Countries causing treatment interruption, antiretroviral resistance, treatment failure, morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing the determinants of the availability of HIV Tracer Commodities in Health Facilities in Wakiso District, Uganda.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional design was conducted in 42 Health Facilities [HFs] offering HIV/AIDs services in Wakiso District, Uganda. Semi-structured questionnaire adapted from the Anti-Retroviral Therapy Supervision Performance and Recognition Strategy [ART SPARS] tool Version 2.0 | 2018111 was used to collect data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of the HFs 28 [67%] had all the seven tracer commodities on the day of the visit. The majority of the HFs 33 [78.6%] were using Manual stock management tools that were fully updated. The availability of HIV tracer commodities was high in facilities that made timely ordering [AOR: 2.538, 95% CI: 2.126-3.304, <i>p</i>-value = 0.003] while the use of manual LMIS alone at the facility [AOR: 0.623, 95% CI: 0.131-0.958, <i>p</i>-value = 0.002] was associated with low availability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study indicated that 67% of health facilities visited had all HIV Tracer commodities on the day of the visit. ART commodity management should be computerised and orders made on time to ensure the availability of commodities.</p>","PeriodicalId":16740,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10851790/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139707008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Expert consensus guidelines for community pharmacists in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathy with a combination of neurotropic B vitamins. 为社区药剂师提供的专家共识指南:使用神经营养 B 族维生素组合治疗糖尿病周围神经病变。
IF 4.2
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-07 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20523211.2024.2306866
Thanompong Sathienluckana, Sirinoot Palapinyo, Kitiyot Yotsombut, Ekgaluck Wanothayaroj, Pasiri Sithinamsuwan, Naeti Suksomboon
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