Assessment of Training of Community Pharmacists towards the Prevention of COVID-19 in a North Central State of Nigeria

Background: Community pharmacists(CPs) are key providers of basic healthcare in communities, and barriers that may hinder enormous results in their role during the COVID-19 pandemic should be addressed. We conducted training on the strategies for strengthening the Infection Prevention and Control (I...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi (Author), Aanuoluwapo Afolabi (Author), Oluwatosin Fakayode (Author), Stephen Arigidi (Author), Barakat Olatayo Olanrewaju (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs (RCRUD), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this object online.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000 am a22000003u 4500
001 doaj_bbb9c9c5c1594d209e7c1a4300d91c46
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Aanuoluwapo Afolabi  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Oluwatosin Fakayode  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Stephen Arigidi  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Barakat Olatayo Olanrewaju  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Assessment of Training of Community Pharmacists towards the Prevention of COVID-19 in a North Central State of Nigeria 
260 |b Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs (RCRUD),   |c 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z. 
500 |a 10.18502/jpc.v8i4.5237 
500 |a 2322-4630 
500 |a 2322-4509 
520 |a Background: Community pharmacists(CPs) are key providers of basic healthcare in communities, and barriers that may hinder enormous results in their role during the COVID-19 pandemic should be addressed. We conducted training on the strategies for strengthening the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)among CPs. Methods: Participants were 31 CPs in Ilorin, Kwara State. A quasi-experimental, before-and-after study was carried out. Data were captured using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire had three sections; the frst contained sociodemographic characteristics such as sex, age, and years of practice. The second section contained eight questions used to assess the knowledge of the respondents, each was assigned a score of "1" and the total obtainable score was "8". The third section identifed the role of CPs in the prevention of COVID-19. Results: The mean age of the 31 CPs who participated in the training was 49.5 ± 13.7 years, and18 (58.1%) were males. The mean pre-test IPC training score was 4.968±1.329, while the meanpost-test IPC training score was 5.323±1.077, (t=-1.611, p=0.118). All respondents identifed that CPs had roles in the prevention of COVID-19. Among them, 27 (87.1%) identifed community health awareness campaigns as their main role in the prevention of COVID-19. Regarding years of practice, 6 (35.3%) respondents with less than 20 years had COVID-19 IPC knowledge gain compared to 10 (71.4%) others with more than 20 and above years of practice (P=0.04). Conclusion: The training achieved its short-term objective. There is a need to for supervisory visits on the CPs at their place of practice to ensure knowledge acquired is put to the best use. 
546 |a EN 
690 |a Education; Educational Measurement; COVID-19; Community Pharmacist; Primary Prevention; Nigeria 
690 |a Therapeutics. Pharmacology 
690 |a RM1-950 
690 |a Pharmacy and materia medica 
690 |a RS1-441 
655 7 |a article  |2 local 
786 0 |n Journal of Pharmaceutical Care, Vol 8, Iss 4 (2020) 
787 0 |n https://jpc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jpc/article/view/377 
787 0 |n https://doaj.org/toc/2322-4630 
787 0 |n https://doaj.org/toc/2322-4509 
856 4 1 |u https://doaj.org/article/bbb9c9c5c1594d209e7c1a4300d91c46  |z Connect to this object online.