Potential of pharmacists to help reduce the burden of poorly managed cardiovascular risk

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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.

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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


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