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‘Struggling to be a defender of health’ –a qualitative study on the pharmacists’ perceptions of their role in antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in Romania

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, March 2016
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Title
‘Struggling to be a defender of health’ –a qualitative study on the pharmacists’ perceptions of their role in antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in Romania
Published in
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40545-016-0061-y
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Authors

I. Ghiga, C. Stålsby Lundborg

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a serious global public health problem directly correlated to high antibiotic consumption. Romania is one of the European countries with the highest rates of antibiotic consumption, non-prescription antibiotics use and resistance of several pathogens to antibiotics. Pharmacists are an important stakeholder in respect to antibiotic management and context specific research on this topic is needed. The aim of the research is to increase the understanding of how community pharmacists in Romania perceive their roles in respect to antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance. Semi-structured interviews with 18 pharmacists were conducted to explore the perceptions and attitudes of pharmacists towards their roles on antibiotics consumption and antibiotic resistance. Manifest and latent qualitative content analysis was used to analyse interview transcripts. Three sub-themes emerged from the analysis. 'Maintaining equilibrium between ethics, law and economy' expresses how pharmacists often feel when trying to fulfil their duties considering all the dimensions of the pharmacist profession.' Antibiotic resistance problem rooted in a low social capital environment' reflects the pharmacists' perceptions of the deep causes of antibiotic resistance and the underlying problems that perpetuate the status quo and impact their role in relation to this problem. Wanting to fulfil their educational role illustrates how the pharmacists feel they could best contribute to improving the present situation. The overarching theme 'Undervalued medicines' professionals struggling with agency related and structural barriers to meet their deontological duties'- meaning the ethical responsibilities that come with the pharmacy practice, reflects that the pharmacists see their roles as being challenged by several barriers. A health system and societal context perspective is helpful in order to understand the pharmacists' roles in respect to antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance. Health promotion interventions and policy revisions should take into account concepts of structure and agency. These could highlight barriers that pharmacists encounter in their activities related to antibiotics management.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 70 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 16%
Student > Bachelor 8 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 10%
Lecturer 6 9%
Researcher 6 9%
Other 11 16%
Unknown 21 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 19 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Psychology 2 3%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 1%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 25 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 June 2022.
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#4,404,308
of 23,868,111 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
#110
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#67,333
of 303,413 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
#5
of 11 outputs
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