Pharmacist attitudes and provision of harm reduction services in North Carolina: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare providers in the United States and uniquely positioned to provide harm reduction services. The availability of pharmacy-based harm reduction services and pharmacist attitudes toward delivering these services have been understudied to date. We examine North Carolina (NC) pharmacists' experiences with and attitudes about harm reduction services and explore differences between rural and urban pharmacists.

Methods

A convenience sample of NC pharmacists participated in an anonymous, online survey regarding harm reduction services: non-prescription syringe sales; naloxone dispensing; and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening. Urban-rural differences were analyzed using Pearson's chi-

SUBMITTER: Parry RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8265050 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature