The effects of community pharmacy public health interventions on population health and health inequalities: a systematic review of reviews protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacies have great potential to deliver services aimed at promoting health and preventing disease, and are embedded within communities. In the light of a rapid increase in community pharmacy-delivered public health services and an accompanying increase in the evidence base, this systematic review of reviews will synthesise systematic reviews of public health community pharmacy interventions and assess their effects on public health and health inequalities.

Methods/design

Systematic review methodology will be used to identify all systematic reviews that describe the health and health equity effects of community pharmacy public health interventions. Twenty databases will be searched using a pre-determined search strategy to evaluate community pharmacy-d

SUBMITTER: Hillier-Brown F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577831 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature