Public awareness, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding the role of pharmacists as immunizers.

ABSTRACT: Vaccine coverage is below desired levels in Canada, despite National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommendations. One solution to improve coverage is to offer vaccines in pharmacies. We explore the awareness, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of the general public in four communities in Nova Scotia (NS) and New Brunswick (NB) about the changing role of pharmacists as immunizers. Adult members of the public were invited to complete an online survey through advertisements in print and online, and through e-mail lists at local universities. Immunization status among participants (n = 985) varied across vaccines with slightly more than one-half of the participants (51.8%) reporting receipt of a seasonal influenza vaccine last year, 38.0% reporting receipt of the meningococcal C or ACWY

SUBMITTER: Di Castri AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature