Assessment of community pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes and their willingness to provide vaccination services in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacists play an important role in increasing vaccination rates especially in countries where they offer vaccination services and administration. However, little is known about community pharmacist's willingness to provide vaccination services in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study was to assess knowledge, attitudes, willingness and beliefs of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia towards providing vaccines at pharmacies.

Methods

A cross-sectional, online questionnaire-based study using convenience sampling (Snowball technique) was used to obtain responses from community pharmacists across Saudi Arabia. The survey collected information on participants' demographics, knowledge about vaccine, attitude towards vaccine and their attitude to be immun

SUBMITTER: Meraya AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11132504 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature