Table 2. PHC Services Offered by Community Pharmacists (N = 321) .
PHC Service | Mean | SD | Rank | Domain of PHC |
Treating malaria with ACTs | 4.59 | 0.71 | 1 | Treatment/supply of drugs |
Blood pressure checks | 4.54 | 0.78 | 2 | Disease prevention |
Patient counselling during every dispensing | 4.43 | 0.70 | 3 | Health education |
Treatment of common cold or flu | 4.32 | 0.78 | 4 | Treatment |
Participate in drug therapy for chronic non-communicable disease | 4.26 | 0.69 | 5 | Treatment |
Blood glucose screening | 4.23 | 0.94 | 6 | Disease prevention |
Diarrhoea management with ORS | 4.21 | 0.74 | 7.5 | Treatment/maternal and child health |
Educate customers to wash hands frequently | 4.21 | 0.89 | 7.5 | Health education/disease prevention |
Participate in drug therapy of infectious disease | 4.18 | 0.80 | 9 | Treatment |
Referrals for antenatal care | 4.14 | 0.90 | 10 | Maternal and child health |
Syndromic management of STDs | 4.08 | 0.92 | 11.5 | Treatment |
Ordering routine laboratory test | 4.08 | 0.99 | 11.5 | Treatment |
Education on clean water and sanitation | 4.07 | 0.95 | 13 | Health education/water and sanitation |
Supply of essential medicines and dressings | 4.05 | 0.98 | 14 | Supply of drugs |
Counsel customers to handle and prepare food safely | 4.01 | 0.94 | 15.5 | Health education/nutrition |
Generic substitution | 4.01 | 0.82 | 15.5 | Supply of drugs |
Advice on herbal medicines | 3.99 | 1.04 | 17 | Health education/supply of drugs |
Clean and disinfect commonly used surfaces | 3.90 | 0.97 | 18.5 | Health education/prevention and control of disease |
Screening for drug interactions | 3.90 | 0.89 | 18.5 | Supply of drugs/health education |
Provision and counselling on insecticide-treated mosquito nets | 3.84 | 1.00 | 20.5 | Prevention and control/health education |
Detection of ADRs | 3.84 | 0.94 | 20.5 | Supply of drugs/health education |
Do not share personal items | 3.79 | 1.06 | 22 | Health education/prevention and control |
Cough and sneeze into a tissue or sleeve | 3.72 | 1.08 | 23 | Health education/prevention and control |
Dressing minor wounds | 3.69 | 1.16 | 24 | Treatment |
Get vaccinated | 3.66 | 1.09 | 25 | Disease prevention/immunization |
Use of family planning devices | 3.63 | 1.03 | 26 | Maternal and child health/health education |
Body mass index check | 3.49 | 1.13 | 27 | Disease prevention/health education |
Avoid touching wild animals | 3.30 | 1.20 | 28 | Health education/prevention and Control |
Blood cholesterol screening | 3.02 | 1.50 | 29 | Disease prevention/health education |
Vaccine administration | 2.39 | 1.59 | 30 | Immunization |
Abbreviations: PHC, primary healthcare; ACTs, artemisinin combination therapies; SD, standard deviation; ORS, oral rehydration salt; STDs, sexually transmitted diseases; ADRs, adverse drug reactions.