Development of a Survey to Assess the Acceptability of an Innovative Contraception Practice among Rural Pharmacists
Improved access to effective contraceptive methods is needed in Canada, particularly in rural areas, where unintended pregnancy rates are high and specific sexual health services may be further away. A rural pharmacist may be the most accessible health care professional. Pharmacy practice increasing...
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doaj-017525271ded4cc8a4d25d769f7b3d8f2020-11-24T21:59:04ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872014-03-012112413610.3390/pharmacy2010124pharmacy2010124Development of a Survey to Assess the Acceptability of an Innovative Contraception Practice among Rural PharmacistsMichael Wong0Judith A. Soon1Peter J. Zed2Wendy V. Norman3Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaContraception Access Research Team-Groupe de recherché sur l'accessibilité à la contraception, Women's Health Research Institute, British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, CanadaImproved access to effective contraceptive methods is needed in Canada, particularly in rural areas, where unintended pregnancy rates are high and specific sexual health services may be further away. A rural pharmacist may be the most accessible health care professional. Pharmacy practice increasingly incorporates cognitive services. In Canada many provinces allow pharmacists to independently prescribe for some indications, but not for hormonal contraception. To assess the acceptability for the implementation of this innovative practice in Canada, we developed and piloted a survey instrument. We chose questions to address the components for adoption and change described in Rogers’ “diffusion of innovations” theory. The proposed instrument was iteratively reviewed by 12 experts, then focus group tested among eight pharmacists or students to improve the instrument for face validity, readability, consistency and relevancy to community pharmacists in the Canadian context. We then pilot tested the survey among urban and rural pharmacies. 4% of urban and 35% of rural pharmacies returned pilot surveys. Internal consistency on repeated re-phrased questions was high (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.901). We present our process for the development of a survey instrument to assess the acceptability and feasibility among Canadian community pharmacists for the innovative practice of the independent prescribing of hormonal contraception.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/2/1/124pharmacistsrural practicecontraceptiondiffusion of innovationquantitative evaluationhealth human resourcesquestionnairessurvey |
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Development of a Survey to Assess the Acceptability of an Innovative Contraception Practice among Rural Pharmacists |
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Development of a Survey to Assess the Acceptability of an Innovative Contraception Practice among Rural Pharmacists |
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Improved access to effective contraceptive methods is needed in Canada, particularly in rural areas, where unintended pregnancy rates are high and specific sexual health services may be further away. A rural pharmacist may be the most accessible health care professional. Pharmacy practice increasingly incorporates cognitive services. In Canada many provinces allow pharmacists to independently prescribe for some indications, but not for hormonal contraception. To assess the acceptability for the implementation of this innovative practice in Canada, we developed and piloted a survey instrument. We chose questions to address the components for adoption and change described in Rogers’ “diffusion of innovations” theory. The proposed instrument was iteratively reviewed by 12 experts, then focus group tested among eight pharmacists or students to improve the instrument for face validity, readability, consistency and relevancy to community pharmacists in the Canadian context. We then pilot tested the survey among urban and rural pharmacies. 4% of urban and 35% of rural pharmacies returned pilot surveys. Internal consistency on repeated re-phrased questions was high (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.901). We present our process for the development of a survey instrument to assess the acceptability and feasibility among Canadian community pharmacists for the innovative practice of the independent prescribing of hormonal contraception. |
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