. 2025 Jul 18;13:1514939. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1514939

Table 2.

Prioritized barriers and representative quotes.

Barriers	Quotes
Lack of awareness	“Increasing awareness of services – from the patient all the way down to the person that is leading them out of the [correctional facility]. If they know that [community pharmacists] are involved in giving these injections, that’s huge. Increasing awareness, especially through increasing marketing, would be so much more impactful than connecting with [patients] by making a bunch of phone calls.” - RPh2 “Increasing awareness is [feasible]. It can happen through simple discussion with staff or with a provider. Like, ‘Hey, just to you know, we provide these services.’” - RPh1
Lack of interagency collaboration	“The collaboration. Because it is so important to make sure that the provider, the [reentry staff], and the pharmacist are on the same page.” - RPh1 “Community pharmacists have had a successful history of creating collaborations with physicians, with practitioners for other services. So, I think that would a feasible option here.” - Rh4

Barriers

Quotes

Lack of awareness

“Increasing awareness of services – from the patient all the way down to the person that is leading them out of the [correctional facility]. If they know that [community pharmacists] are involved in giving these injections, that’s huge. Increasing awareness, especially through increasing marketing, would be so much more impactful than connecting with [patients] by making a bunch of phone calls.” - RPh2
“Increasing awareness is [feasible]. It can happen through simple discussion with staff or with a provider. Like, ‘Hey, just to you know, we provide these services.’” - RPh1

Lack of interagency collaboration

“The collaboration. Because it is so important to make sure that the provider, the [reentry staff], and the pharmacist are on the same page.” - RPh1
“Community pharmacists have had a successful history of creating collaborations with physicians, with practitioners for other services. So, I think that would a feasible option here.” - Rh4

*The table lists the two barriers that were prioritized by the study participants during focus group 1. The barriers were prioritized based on discussions of perceived impact and feasibility. The table also highlights representative quotes from the focus group.