Table 1.
Community Pharmacy and Managing Pharmacist Characteristics, Indiana 2016 (N = 284).
Pharmacist characteristics and behavior | |
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Gender (Female) | 143 (50.4%) |
Race/ethnicity (White, non-Hispanic) | 263 (92.6%) |
Age | μ = 42.43 (r:25–73), SD:11.7 |
Years in practice | μ = 17.1 (r:1–51), SD:12.0 |
PharmD Degree | 171 (60.2%) |
Received Continuing Education about Naloxone in the past 2 years | 172 (60.6%) |
Pharmacy Practice Environment | |
Type of pharmacy | |
Chain | 160 (56.3%) |
Food store | 64 (22.5%) |
Mass merchandiser | 49 (17.3%) |
Independent | 11 (3.9%) |
Number of full time licensed pharmacists | μ = 2.24 (SD:1.11) |
Pharmacy currently stocks Naloxone | 165 (58.1%) |
Pharmacist asked by customers or medical providers about Naloxone in the past 2 years | 147 (51.8%) |
Pharmacist Beliefs | |
Standing order policy will increase likelihood that my pharmacy will stock Naloxone | 206 (72.5%) |
Standing order policy will increase the likelihood that I and my pharmacy staff will dispense Naloxone | 189 (66.5%) |
I am comfortable dispensing Naloxone to: | |
A family member of someone who injects opiates | 93 (32.7%) |
An adult friend of someone who injects opiates | 80 (28.2%) |
A person who injects opiates, but only if they are not requesting to purchase it repeatedly | 58 (20.4%) |
A person who injects opiates even if they seek to purchase it repeatedly | 30 (10.6%) |
A teenager (15–17 yrs of age) who is a friend of someone who injects opiates | 26 (9.2%) |
Any of the people in the listed scenarios (above) | 136 (47.9%) |
I am not comfortable dispensing naloxone to any of these people (above) | 52 (18.3%) |
Pharmacists can be an important resource for injection drug users who may not have access to healthcare in the community (Generally agree) | 218 (76.8%) |