PMID- 18584387
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080811
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1465-3362 (Electronic)
IS  - 0959-5236 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008 Jul
TI  - Screening and brief interventions for alcohol: attitudes, knowledge and 
      experience of community pharmacists in Auckland, New Zealand.
PG  - 380-7
LID - 10.1080/09595230802093760 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol consumption in 
      primary care have been shown to be effective in reducing drinking. This role has 
      not been taken up by community pharmacists. This study aimed to explore 
      attitudes, knowledge, barriers and incentives towards involvement of community 
      pharmacists in New Zealand with problem drinkers. METHOD: A postal survey (three 
      mailshots) of community pharmacies was undertaken in Auckland, New Zealand, 
      followed by a 10% random sample non-responder-follow-up. RESULTS: A response rate 
      of 39.1% to the postal survey was obtained. In general, knowledge of alcohol 
      content of drinks and recommended safe drinking limits was poor. Respondents were 
      generally well motivated towards undertaking this role, but lacked knowledge, 
      skills and confidence. On follow-up, non-responders were found to be less 
      knowledgeable, but had similar attitudes to respondents, indicating potential for 
      extrapolation with regard to beliefs and views on this subject. DISCUSSION: This 
      novel study has found that there is potential for involvement of community 
      pharmacists in New Zealand in SBI for problem drinkers. Lack of knowledge can be 
      remedied relatively easily; greater hurdles such as lack of skills, and lack of 
      confidence may be offset by the high level of motivation of this group. This is 
      an area where community pharmacists can further their professional scope of 
      practice by being in an essential position to provide this service.
FAU - Sheridan, Janie
AU  - Sheridan J
AD  - The School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. 
      j.sheridan@auckland.ac.nz
FAU - Wheeler, Amanda
AU  - Wheeler A
FAU - Ju-Hsing Chen, Lucy
AU  - Ju-Hsing Chen L
FAU - Chen-Yun Huang, Annie
AU  - Chen-Yun Huang A
FAU - Nga-Yee Leung, Iris
AU  - Nga-Yee Leung I
FAU - Yow-Chyi Tien, Karen
AU  - Yow-Chyi Tien K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Drug Alcohol Rev
JT  - Drug and alcohol review
JID - 9015440
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Alcohol Drinking/*prevention & control
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Community Pharmacy Services/organization & administration
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - *Pharmacists
MH  - Professional Role
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2008/06/28 09:00
MHDA- 2008/08/12 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/28 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/08/12 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/28 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 794040120 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/09595230802093760 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 Jul;27(4):380-7. doi: 10.1080/09595230802093760.