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Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
The role of community pharmacists is crucial for promoting health and providing consultation related to sexual and reproductive health. This study measured the perception of community pharmacists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) towards the provision of counselling services on sex education and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010735 |
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author | Alshahrani, Ali Mofleh Alsheikh, Mona Y. |
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description | The role of community pharmacists is crucial for promoting health and providing consultation related to sexual and reproductive health. This study measured the perception of community pharmacists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) towards the provision of counselling services on sex education and reproductive health, including barriers to and proficiency in the delivery of services. A cross-sectional survey was developed and distributed electronically to pharmacists, and responses were analyzed using SPSS version 26. Graphical representations for various opinions on perception, proficiency and barriers were created. More than 80% of pharmacists placed a high value on counselling patients on sex and reproductive health, about 90% counselled their patients very often (74.6%) or often (22.2%), and 3.2% of pharmacists did not counsel patients. Most respondents believed counselling was very important (65.3%) or important (15.1%), with only 19.6% of respondents indicating it was not important. Barriers to offering services included fear from responsibility and liability (M = 4.8), lack of information about patient health (M = 4.7), gender differences (M = 4.7), and lack of social acceptability (M = 4.6). Community pharmacists in KSA possessed positive attitudes, professional education, and willingness to provide counselling to patients on sex education and reproductive health. Apart from the existing barriers that require augmented community pharmacists’ soft skills, clear policies and authorization for offering this type of service are also needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-85354762021-10-23 Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Alshahrani, Ali Mofleh Alsheikh, Mona Y. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The role of community pharmacists is crucial for promoting health and providing consultation related to sexual and reproductive health. This study measured the perception of community pharmacists in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) towards the provision of counselling services on sex education and reproductive health, including barriers to and proficiency in the delivery of services. A cross-sectional survey was developed and distributed electronically to pharmacists, and responses were analyzed using SPSS version 26. Graphical representations for various opinions on perception, proficiency and barriers were created. More than 80% of pharmacists placed a high value on counselling patients on sex and reproductive health, about 90% counselled their patients very often (74.6%) or often (22.2%), and 3.2% of pharmacists did not counsel patients. Most respondents believed counselling was very important (65.3%) or important (15.1%), with only 19.6% of respondents indicating it was not important. Barriers to offering services included fear from responsibility and liability (M = 4.8), lack of information about patient health (M = 4.7), gender differences (M = 4.7), and lack of social acceptability (M = 4.6). Community pharmacists in KSA possessed positive attitudes, professional education, and willingness to provide counselling to patients on sex education and reproductive health. Apart from the existing barriers that require augmented community pharmacists’ soft skills, clear policies and authorization for offering this type of service are also needed. MDPI 2021-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8535476/ /pubmed/34682503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010735 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alshahrani, Ali Mofleh Alsheikh, Mona Y. Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title | Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title_full | Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title_fullStr | Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title_full_unstemmed | Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title_short | Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Willingness for Offering Sexual and Reproductive Health Services |
title_sort | community pharmacists’ perceptions, barriers, and willingness for offering sexual and reproductive health services |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010735 |
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