Promoting skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists.
OBJECTIVE
This study evaluated the effects of an intervention on rates of skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists.


METHODS
Fifty-four pharmacies were randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions. Intervention consisted of training, feedback, and prompts. Counseling rates before and after the intervention were obtained from study confederates.


RESULTS
At pretest, the proportions of control and intervention sites providing counseling at least once were 7.4% and 0%, respectively (NS). At posttest, these proportions were 3.7% and 66.7%, respectively (P < .001).


CONCLUSIONS
The results indicated that the intervention was successful and that pharmacists can play an important role in educating the public about skin cancer prevention strategies.
Mayer
J A
JA
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4162, USA.
Eckhardt
L
L
Stepanski
B M
BM
Sallis
J F
JF
Elder
J P
JP
Slymen
D J
DJ
Creech
L
L
Graf
G
G
Palmer
R C
RC
Rosenberg
C
C
Souvignier
S T
ST
D003376:Counseling; D004513:Education, Pharmacy, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010595:Pharmacists; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013473:Sunscreening Agents