Patient Screenings for Preconception Health Interventions at a Community Pharmacy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | n (%) |
---|---|
Screening location | |
Outreach event | 25 (58%) |
Pharmacy #1 | 10 (23%) |
Pharmacy #2 | 8 (19%) |
Age (years) | |
18–19 | 1 (2%) |
20–29 | 23 (54%) |
30–39 | 13 (30%) |
40–49 | 6 (14%) |
Has health insurance | |
Yes | 33 (77%) |
No | 3 (7%) |
No response | 7 (16%) |
Item and Response | n (%) |
---|---|
Aware pharmacy offers preconception services | |
Yes | 11 (26%) |
No | 32 (74%) |
Interested in learning more | |
Yes | 24 (56%) |
No | 19 (44%) |
Why are you interested in these services * | |
Planning to become pregnant in future | 11 (26%) |
Educational purpose | 10 (23%) |
Family members or friends planning to become pregnant | 3 (7%) |
Other | 2 (5%) |
Not applicable/No response | 18 (42%) |
Would like to schedule an appointment with pharmacist | |
Yes | 8 (19%) |
No | 34 (79%) |
Not now, maybe in the future | 1 (2%) |
Why not interested in these services * | |
Not planning on getting pregnant | 5 (12%) |
Time constraint | 3 (7%) |
Cost of service | 1 (2%) |
Lack of education | 1 (2%) |
Currently pregnant | 1 (2%) |
Other | 5 (12%) |
Reason not provided | 27 (63%) |
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Luli, A.J.; Tran, N.; Ataya, A.; Rafie, S. Patient Screenings for Preconception Health Interventions at a Community Pharmacy. Pharmacy 2020, 8, 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040181
Luli AJ, Tran N, Ataya A, Rafie S. Patient Screenings for Preconception Health Interventions at a Community Pharmacy. Pharmacy. 2020; 8(4):181. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040181
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuli, Alex J, Natalie Tran, Angela Ataya, and Sally Rafie. 2020. "Patient Screenings for Preconception Health Interventions at a Community Pharmacy" Pharmacy 8, no. 4: 181. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8040181