Table 3.
attitude toward services in pharmacies (No. (%))
| PWID(N=403)
|
Pharmacy staff(n=50)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| item | agree(incl uding strongly agree) |
disagree(i ncluding strongly disagree) |
missing data | item | agree(incl uding strongly agree) |
disagree(i ncluding strongly disagree) |
not applicabl e/don’t know |
χ2 |
| Pharmacists should sell sterile syringes to PWID | 263(65.3) | 132(32.8) | 8(2.0) | PWID should always be allowed to buy syringes in this pharmacy | 3(6.0) | 47(94.0) | 0(0.0) | 69.8**, α |
| Pharmacists and pharmacists care about my health and well being | 164(40.7) | 229(56.8) | 10(2.5) | Pharmacists and pharmacists care about the health of PWID | 42(84.0) | 6(12.0) | 2(4.0) | 34.0** |
| It bothers me if people know why I’m buying syringes at the pharmacy. | 369(91.6) | 29(7.2) | 5(1.2) | Customers purchasing syringes would feel uncomfortable if we were to give them HIV related information | 25(50.0) | 12(24.0) | 13(26.0) | 91.3** |
| It’s generally hard for me to go to the pharmacy during the hours they are open | 258(64) | 140(34.7) | 5(1.2) | I usually have the time to provide information or resources to customers who purchase syringes in this pharmacy & | 11(22.0) | 28(56.0) | 11(22.0) | 56.9** |
| It wouldn’t matter to me if people saw me walk into a pharmacy | 204(50.6) | 195(48.4) | 4(1.0) | Customers who inject illicit drugs are a disruption in this pharmacy & | 28(56.0) | 20(40.0) | 2(4.0) | 4.6 |
| Police will take notice if I go to a pharmacy to buy syringes | 325(80.6) | 72(17.9) | 6(1.5) | It is the role of pharmacists or pharmacists to provide customers with HIV prevention services | 44(88.0) | 4(8.0) | 2(4.0) | - |
| I know which pharmacies to go to for syringes | 308(76.4) | 87(21.6) | 8(2.0) | Pharmacists are an important point of contact for health care information for PWID | 27(54.0) | 15(30.0) | 8(16.0) | - |
| I feel comfortable trying to buy a syringe at any pharmacy | 177(43.9) | 222(55.1) | 4(1.0) | PWID make other customers in the pharmacy uncomfortable | 27(54.0) | 7(14.0) | 16(32.0) | - |
| Pharmacies are sometimes too far for me to get to easily. | 264(65.5) | 136(33.7) | 3(0.7) | My views on these issues are the same as other pharmacists in <city> | 34(68.0) | 6(12.0) | 10(20.0) | - |
Notes: - means not compared, &: in the comparison, ‘agree (including strongly agree)’ attitude among PWID were compared with ‘disagree (including strongly disagree)’ among pharmacy staff.
α
:fisher exact test,
**
<0.01