Potential of pharmacists to help reduce the burden of poorly managed cardiovascular risk McNamara, Kevin P., Dunbar, James A., Philpot, Benjamin, Marriott, Jennifer L., Reddy, Prasuna and Janus, Edward D. 2012, Potential of pharmacists to help reduce the burden of poorly managed cardiovascular risk, Australian journal of rural health, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 67-73, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01259.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Potential of pharmacists to help reduce the burden of poorly managed cardiovascular risk Author(s) McNamara, Kevin P. orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-9153 Dunbar, James A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-4365 Philpot, Benjamin Marriott, Jennifer L. Reddy, Prasuna Janus, Edward D. Journal name Australian journal of rural health Volume number 20 Issue number 2 Start page 67 End page 73 Total pages 6 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Australia Publication date 2012-04 ISSN 1038-5282 1440-1584 Keyword(s) cardiovascular risk primary care services pharmacy practice interprofessional collaboration health promotion Summary Introduction: Rural areas require better use of existing health professionals to ensure capacity to deliver improved cardiovascular outcomes. Community pharmacists (CPs) are accessible to most communities and can potentially undertake expanded roles in prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Objective: This study aims to establish frequency of contact with general practitioners (GPs) and CPs by patients at high risk of CVD or with inadequately controlled CVD risk factors. Design, setting and participants: Population survey using randomly selected individuals from the Wimmera region electoral roll and incorporating a physical health check and self-administered health questionnaire. Overall, 1500 were invited to participate. Results: The participation rate was 51% when ineligible individuals were excluded. Nine out of 10 participants visited one or both types of practitioner in the previous 12 months. Substantially more participants visited GPs compared with CPs (88.5% versus 66.8%). With the exception of excess alcohol intake, the median number of opportunities to intervene for every inadequately controlled CVD risk factor and among high risk patient groups at least doubled for the professions combined when compared with GP visits alone. Conclusion: Opportunities exist to intervene more frequently with target groups by engaging CPs more effectively but would require a significant attitude shift towards CPs. Mechanisms for greater pharmacist integration into primary care teams should be investigated. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01259.x Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045839 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Health Higher Education Research Group PVC's Office - Health Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 14 Jun 2012, 14:15:22 EST Mon, 18 Jun 2012, 14:42:42 EST Mon, 18 Jun 2012, 14:51:55 EST Mon, 18 Jun 2012, 14:52:56 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 14:17:10 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 11:43:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 17 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 653 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 14 Jun 2012, 14:15:07 EST by Jane Moschetti