| Pharmacist support for selling syringes without a prescription to injection drug users in Rhode Island. | |
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PMID: 12489617 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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OBJECTIVE: To examine pharmacists' attitudes and obstacles to syringe sales to IDUs without prescriptions in Rhode Island, around the time that such sales became legal in the state. DESIGN: Self-administered written survey. SETTING: Rhode Island. PARTICIPANTS: 400 randomly selected pharmacist members of the Rhode Island Pharmacists Association. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Responses to survey items. RESULTS: Of the 400 pharmacists contacted, 131 (33%) completed and returned the survey; of these, 101 (77%) were pharmacists who worked in stores that provided direct nonprescription syringe sales to the public. The majority of these 101 pharmacists were willing to sell syringes to a suspected IDU without a prescription (65%), favored providing free sharps containers for disposal (68%), and supported providing pamphlets on safer injection practices (88%). Willingness to sell syringes to IDUs without a prescription was significantly correlated with various beliefs about possible consequences of sales. CONCLUSION: The high level of support for nonprescription syringe sales to IDUs is promising. The correlation between the willingness to sell syringes to IDUs without a prescription and various beliefs suggests that future educational interventions might encourage pharmacists to sell syringes to this population without a prescription to decrease HIV and hepatitis transmission. |
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Authors:
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Josiah D Rich; Erika G Martin; Grace E Macalino; Rowan V Paul; Susan McNamara; Lynn E Taylor |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Washington,D.C. : 1996) Volume: 42 ISSN: 1086-5802 ISO Abbreviation: J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) Publication Date: 2002 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-12-19 Completed Date: 2003-01-27 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9601004 Medline TA: J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S58-61 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Brown Medical School, and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA. jrich@lifespan.org |
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Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Data Collection Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pharmacists* Prescriptions Rhode Island Substance Abuse, Intravenous* Syringes / supply & distribution* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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K20-DA00268/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; P30-AI-42853/AI/NIAID NIH HHS; R01 DA14853-01/DA/NIDA NIH HHS |
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