Factors Associated with the Implementation of Pediatric Immunization Services: A Survey of Community Pharmacies.

ABSTRACT: Pharmacists are well-positioned to help increase pediatric immunization rates. This study assessed the types of pediatric vaccines offered in community pharmacies, compared participant/pharmacy characteristics and participants' perceptions of barriers and pharmacists' role in providing pediatric immunizations between pharmacy-based providers and non-providers, and assessed factors associated with pharmacy-based pediatric immunization provision. A cross-sectional survey was sent to Alabama community pharmacies from February to April 2023, of which 240 responded (20.5% response rate). Measures included whether they offered childhood vaccines in 2022 and the types of vaccines administered, participants' perceptions of pharmacists' role in pediatric immunization, and perceived barriers to prov

SUBMITTER: Ezeala OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10818495 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature