Community Pharmacists' Views and Practices Regarding Natural Health Products Sold in Community Pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports of regulatory and evidentiary gaps have raised concerns about the marketing and use of natural health products (NHPs). The majority of NHPs offered for sale are purchased at a community pharmacy and pharmacists are "front-line" health professionals involved in the marketing and provision of NHPs. To date, the involvement of pharmacists in pharmacy care involving NHPs and the degree to which concerns over the safety, efficacy, marketing and regulation of NHPs are addressed in pharmacy care in Canada have not been studied.

Methods

Using Qualtrics, a web-based data collection and analysis software, and a study instrument made up of fifteen (15) open-ended, closed and rating scale questions, we surveyed the attitudes and practices of 403 community pharmacists

SUBMITTER: Ogbogu U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5035072 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature