title: The drug data base of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program: development and description.
abstract: Pharmacoepidemiology has become an important tool for identifying patterns of drug use and adverse drug reactions in the general population. Drug data bases derived from population-based samples have been particularly useful in addressing questions such as adherence to national guidelines for the treatment of chronic diseases. As part of the Pawtucket Heart Health Program, a continuing community-based research and demonstration project, detailed information regarding the use of drugs among the general population of two southeastern New England cities was collected using cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Barbour
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hume
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Assaf
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carleton
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D011786:Quality Control; D012237:Rhode Island; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires