College/school of pharmacy affiliation and community pharmacies' involvement in public health activities.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship between pharmacy college/school affiliation and community pharmacies' involvement in immunization and emergency preparedness activities.


METHODS
Telephone interviews were completed with 1,704 community pharmacies randomly sampled from 17 states to determine the pharmacies' involvement in immunization promotion, vaccine distribution, in-house immunization delivery, and health emergency preparedness and response, affiliation with college/school of pharmacy, and selected pharmacy and public health-related characteristics.


RESULTS
Pharmacy college/school-affiliated community pharmacies were more likely than non-affiliated pharmacies to participate in immunization and emergency preparedness when controlling for pharmacy characteristics. College/school affiliation generally became nonsignificant, however, when public health-related characteristics were included in the analysis.


CONCLUSIONS
Affiliation with a college/school of pharmacy was related to community pharmacies' involvement in immunization and emergency preparedness.
Westrick
Salisa C
SC
Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, USA.
Mount
Jeanine
J
Watcharadamrongkun
Suntaree
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D002959:Civil Defense / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration; D024382:Professional Role; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D014481:United States; D014612:Vaccines / Q000600:supply & distribution*
D014612:Vaccines