Historique
Périodique
Pharmacy customers' views and experiences of using pharmacies which provide drug misuse services
(Point de vue des clients des pharmacies et fréquentation des pharmacies qui offrent des services aux usagers de drogue)
Auteur(s) :
LAWRIE T. ;
MATHESON, C. ;
BOND, C. M. ;
ROBERTS, K.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
195-202
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
15
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHADONE
;
ECHANGE DE SERINGUES
;
PHARMACIE
;
ATTITUDE
;
USAGER
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2004, 23, (2), 195-202
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This study aimed to determine whether pharmacy customers are deterred from using a pharmacy that offers services to drug misusers. If patients are deterred, what are their specific concerns ? The study was qualitative and three different groups were interviewed about their views on pharmacies providing services to drug misusers (i) pharmacy customers, (ii) local community councils and (iii) local drug forums. This paper focuses on pharmacy customer interview results. Interviews were conducted in 10 pharmacies, five in Aberdeen and five in Glasgow, both areas of high drug misuse. The pharmacy customers were attending pharmacies with high, medium and low involvement with drug misusers and were located in city centre, suburban and rural locations. Pharmacy customers were generally supportive of pharmacies offering services to drug misusers. However, their support was often qualified by a wish to see a private area provided for methadone consumption. Pharmacy customers were more knowledgeable of the rationale for and supportive of needle exchange services compared to methadone maintenance and supervised consumption. The results of the study demonstrate that the majority of pharmacy customers are supportive of drug misuse services, provided there is adequate privacy in the pharmacy. These results should be used to encourage more pharmacists to provide drug misuse services. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Univ. Aberdeen Dept. Gen. Prac. Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Ctr., Westburn Rd., aberdeen AB25 2AY ; c.i.math@abdn.ac.uk
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