Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2013
Application of the nonlinear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to study racial/ethnic disparities in antiobesity medication use in the United States.
The nonlinear Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition method is gaining popularity in health services research because of its ability to explain disparity issues. The present study demonstrates the use of this method for categorical variables by addressing antiobesity medication use disparity. ⋯ The study revealed that differences in the predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics (except marital status) did not successfully explain the racial/ethnic disparity in antiobesity medication use. Further studies examining racial/ethnic differences in individual beliefs, behavioral patterns, and provider prescription patterns are vital to understand these disparities.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2013
Pharmacists' provision of information to Spanish-speaking patients: a social cognitive approach.
Hispanics with limited English proficiency face communication challenges that affect medication use and outcomes. Pharmacists are poised to help patients' use medications safely and effectively; however, scant research has explored factors that may impact pharmacists' communication with Spanish-speaking patients (SSPs). ⋯ Study findings identify both environmental factors and cognition that could contribute to pharmacists' communication behavior with SSPs. Thus, future interventions to improve pharmacists' communication with SSPs may include training pharmacists to integrate interpretative services and Spanish-speaking staff into service delivery and strengthening pharmacists' self-efficacy beliefs.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2013
Understanding the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication incidents: a qualitative study.
The attitudes of doctors, nurses, and midwives to reporting errors in health care have been extensively studied, but there is very limited literature considering pharmacists' attitudes to medication error reporting schemes, in particular in hospitals. ⋯ Hospital pharmacists understood the importance of reporting medication incidents, but because of the high number of errors they encounter do not report them as often as may be expected. The decision to report was a complex process that depended on the severity of patient harm, anxieties about harming interprofessional relationships, prior experience of the outcomes from reporting, and the perceived effort required to use reporting forms.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2013
Patients' perceptions of a pharmacist-managed weight management clinic in a community setting.
There have been many studies demonstrating patients' willingness to pay for medication therapy management services provided by pharmacists. There are few studies, however, evaluating the possible provision of a weight management service in the community pharmacy setting. ⋯ Despite the fact that patients are aware of the health risks associated with obesity and believe it is healthier to maintain ideal body weight, most are not doing so. Additionally, most patients are not willing to pay for pharmacist-delivered weight management services. The findings can begin to assist pharmacists in developing strategies for implementation of weight management services.