Scoping review of pharmacy-based initiatives for preventing unintended pregnancy: protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Due to a high global incidence of unintended pregnancy, finding novel ways to increase the accessibility of contraceptive products and information is critical. One proposed strategy is to use the accessibility of community pharmacies and expand the role of pharmacists to deliver these services. This protocol reports the methods of a proposed scoping review of pharmacy-based initiatives for preventing unintended pregnancy. We intend to identify the range of interventions employed by pharmacists worldwide and their outcomes and aim to infer the value of task sharing for reducing certain access and equity barriers to contraception.

Methods and analysis

This protocol was developed with guidance from the Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology for Scoping Reviews. Report

SUBMITTER: Buckingham P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature