Impact assessment of pharmacy awareness campaigns conducted in selected high schools across Lagos, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is revealing that pharmacy as a key health care profession is almost invisible within more recent health policy initiatives in Nigeria. This research is an effort to improve awareness about the pharmacy profession. The target shall be young, science inclined individuals in high schools; they are the future.

Objective

To assess the levels of knowledge of high school science students about pharmacy and their interest in becoming pharmacists before and after sessions of awareness and education about the profession.

Method

The study was a behavioral intervention study with pre and post cross-sectional survey; carried out in three high schools across Lagos, Nigeria; 127 science students participated. Information was collected using questionnaires inquiring in

SUBMITTER: Ghazali Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334413 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature