Katie Thomson
The effects of community pharmacy-delivered public health interventions on population health and health inequalities: A review of reviews
Thomson, Katie; Hillier-Brown, Frances; Walton, Nick; Bilaj, Mirza; Bambra, Clare; Todd, Adam
Authors
Frances Hillier-Brown
Nick Walton
Mirza Bilaj
Clare Bambra
Adam Todd
Abstract
Community pharmacies have great potential to deliver services aimed at promoting health and preventing disease, and are well placed in deprived communities. This review of reviews aimed to assess the effectiveness of community pharmacy-delivered public health services and assess how they impact on inequalities in health using PROGRESS-Plus characteristics. Twenty databases were searched from their start date until January 2018. The quality of the included articles was determined using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews tool (AMSTAR 2). Fifteen systematic reviews were identified reporting 157 unique primary studies. There were a number of community pharmacy initiatives with positive intervention effects on health outcomes. These services were predominantly focused on primary disease prevention, and included smoking cessation, weight management programmes, syringe exchange programmes, and inoculation services. This review supports the development of some community pharmacy public health services. At present, little is known how community pharmacy-delivered public health interventions impact on health inequalities. It would be prudent for future studies to address this by explicitly reporting outcomes according to the PROGRESS-Plus framework.
Citation
Thomson, K., Hillier-Brown, F., Walton, N., Bilaj, M., Bambra, C., & Todd, A. (2019). The effects of community pharmacy-delivered public health interventions on population health and health inequalities: A review of reviews. Preventive Medicine, 124, 98-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.04.003
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 3, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 5, 2019 |
Publication Date | Jul 31, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Apr 10, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 5, 2020 |
Journal | Preventive Medicine |
Print ISSN | 0091-7435 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 124 |
Pages | 98-109 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.04.003 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1333456 |
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