Role of community pharmacies in relation to HIV prevention and drug misuse: findings from the 1995 national survey in England and Wales

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 313; no. 7052; pp. 272 - 274
• Main Authors: Sheridan, Janie, Strang, John, Barber, Nick, Glanz, Alan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 03.08.1996; British Medical Association; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Group
• Edition: International edition
• Subjects: AIDS virus carriers; Amphetamines; Biological and medical sciences; Communities; Controlled substances; Disease prevention; Drug abuse; Drug and alcohol surveys; Drug Prescriptions; Drug stores; Drugstores; England; General Practice; Health services; Health Surveys; HIV; HIV carriers; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Medical sciences; Medical supplies; Medical syringes; Methadone; Narcotics; Narcotics - supply & distribution; Narcotics - therapeutic use; Needle exchange programs; Pharmaceutical preparations; Pharmacies; Pharmacies - statistics & numerical data; Pharmacists; Prescription drugs; Professional Practice; Questionnaires; Services; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - prevention & control; Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Wales; England; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Wales; United Kingdom > UK; Human; Immunopathology; Drug addiction; Chemist; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Infection; Exchange; Prevention; Mail inquiry; Sales; Viral disease; Needle; Syringe; Drug of abuse; Public health; Comparative study

Abstract Objectives: To establish activity levels of community (high street) pharmacies in the provision of HIV prevention services to drug misusers and to compare these findings with the levels identified in 1988. Design: Self completion questionnaire (four mailings) to a random 1 in 4 sample of al...