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Professor CLAIRE ANDERSON's Outputs (97)

Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale? (2024)
Journal Article
Warner, B., Thornley, T., Anderson, C., & Avery, A. (2025). Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?. Health Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105223

Background
Independent prescribing is set to expand amongst community pharmacists in England in the next few years. This study aims to explore the different accountabilities and responsibilities associated with independent prescribing compared to mo... Read More about Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?.

Co-developing frameworks towards environmentally directed pharmaceutical prescribing in Scotland – A mixed methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Niemi, L., Arakawa, N., Glendell, M., Gagkas, Z., Gibb, S., Anderson, C., & Pfleger, S. (2024). Co-developing frameworks towards environmentally directed pharmaceutical prescribing in Scotland – A mixed methods study. Science of the Total Environment, 955, Article 176929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176929

The presence of human pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment is recognised internationally as an important public health and environmental issue. In Scotland, healthcare sustainability targets call for improvements to medicine prescribing and use... Read More about Co-developing frameworks towards environmentally directed pharmaceutical prescribing in Scotland – A mixed methods study.

Pilot and quantitative evaluation of the TARGET acne toolkit by UK pharmacy professionals working in general practice (2024)
Journal Article
Sonnex, K., Thornley, T., Fleming, N., Lakha, A., Lecky, D. M., Pillay, I., Patel, S., Anderson, C., Boyd, M., Ashiru-Oredope, D., & Boyd, M. (2024). Pilot and quantitative evaluation of the TARGET acne toolkit by UK pharmacy professionals working in general practice. BMJ Open, 14(7), Article e081641. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081641

Background: Acne vulgaris (acne) is a common skin condition sometimes needing topical or oral antibiotic treatment. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians (together known as pharmacy professionals) working in general practice are well placed to ensure... Read More about Pilot and quantitative evaluation of the TARGET acne toolkit by UK pharmacy professionals working in general practice.

Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources (2024)
Journal Article
Lakha, A., Fleming, N., Sonnex, K., Thornley, T., Anderson, C., Hand, . K., & Ashiru-Oredope, D. (2024). Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6(1), Article dlae011. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae011

Background: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is accelerating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (Antibiotic resistant infections and associated deaths increase https://www.gov.uk/government/news/antibiotic-resistant-infections-And-Associated-deaths-i... Read More about Evaluating the role of primary care pharmacy technicians in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and acne management using TARGET resources.

How can community pharmacists be supported to manage skin conditions? A multistage stakeholder research prioritisation exercise (2024)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Shariff, Z., Anderson, C., Boyd, M. J., Ridd, M. J., Santer, M., Thomas, K. S., Maidment, I., & Leighton, P. (2024). How can community pharmacists be supported to manage skin conditions? A multistage stakeholder research prioritisation exercise. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e071863. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071863

Objective: To establish research priorities which will support the development and delivery of community pharmacy initiatives for the management of skin conditions. Design: An iterative, multistage stakeholder consultation consisting of online survey... Read More about How can community pharmacists be supported to manage skin conditions? A multistage stakeholder research prioritisation exercise.

A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements (2023)
Journal Article
Gülpınar, G., Uzun, M. B., Iqbal, A., Anderson, C., Syed, W., & Al-Rawi, M. B. A. (2023). A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04285-1

Background
Social Media Influencers (SMIs) are a fashionable way of marketing products by creating electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) on social media. The marketing of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) by SMIs is becoming increasingly pop... Read More about A model of purchase intention of complementary and alternative medicines: the role of social media influencers’ endorsements.

Evaluation of the Rational Drug Use (RDU) literacy among undergraduate students (2023)
Journal Article
Supapaan, T. S., Low, B. Y., Anderson, C., Boonlue, T., Puripunyavanich, N., Khumsikiew, J., Pitchayajittipong, C., & Poonphol, P. (2023). Evaluation of the Rational Drug Use (RDU) literacy among undergraduate students. Pharmacy Practice, 21(4), Article 2867. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2023.4.2867

Background: Irrational drug usage is a global concern. WHO recommended a strategy for integrating education and awareness on the rational use of medicine into general education programs.

Objective: To evaluate the rational drug use (RDU) literacy... Read More about Evaluation of the Rational Drug Use (RDU) literacy among undergraduate students.

Perceived current and future roles of UK-based community pharmacy professionals in the long-term management of acne (2023)
Journal Article
Sonnex, K., Thornley, T., Fleming, N., Lakha, A., Lecky, D. M., Pillay, I., Patel, S., Anderson, C., Boyd, M., & Ashiru-Oredope, D. (2023). Perceived current and future roles of UK-based community pharmacy professionals in the long-term management of acne. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 11, Article 100310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100310

Introduction: Acne is a common skin condition treated in community pharmacy but moderate to severe cases may need referral to general practice for treatment that may include topical or oral antimicrobial treatments. Pharmacy teams working in the comm... Read More about Perceived current and future roles of UK-based community pharmacy professionals in the long-term management of acne.

Thai stakeholders’ awareness and perceptions of the patient adverse event reporting system for herbal medicines: a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Worakunphanich, W., Suwankesawong, W., Youngkong, S., Thavorncharoensap, M., Anderson, C., & Toh, L. S. (2023). Thai stakeholders’ awareness and perceptions of the patient adverse event reporting system for herbal medicines: a qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 45(2), 491–501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-022-01533-1

Background: In Thailand, the consumption of herbal medicines has been increasing. Adverse events (AEs) of herbal medicines have been identified through the spontaneous reporting system. However, the number of patients reporting AEs of herbal medicine... Read More about Thai stakeholders’ awareness and perceptions of the patient adverse event reporting system for herbal medicines: a qualitative study.

Stakeholders’ perspectives about engagement in communication skills training in an integrated pharmacy curriculum: A qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Gülpinar, G., & Anderson, C. (2022). Stakeholders’ perspectives about engagement in communication skills training in an integrated pharmacy curriculum: A qualitative study. Journal of Research in Pharmacy, 26(6), 1923-1936. https://doi.org/10.29228/jrp.283

Investigating experiences of stakeholders on communication skills training in an integrated pharmacy curriculum is essential to reach high-level outcomes. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of the stakeholders who are connected with communic... Read More about Stakeholders’ perspectives about engagement in communication skills training in an integrated pharmacy curriculum: A qualitative study.

Logic model for opioid safety in chronic non-malignant pain management, an in-depth qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Anderson, C., Iqbal, A., Knaggs, R., & Toh, L. S. (2023). Logic model for opioid safety in chronic non-malignant pain management, an in-depth qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 45, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-022-01493-6

Background Opioids are commonly used for the management of chronic non-malignant pain in Pakistan; but there is a lack of literature around precursors or motivators in the use of opioids.
Aim The study holistically explored factors contributing towa... Read More about Logic model for opioid safety in chronic non-malignant pain management, an in-depth qualitative study.

How interprofessional education is offered to pharmacists and pharmacy students: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Machado, A. C., Czock, A., Boone, J., Anderson, C., & Leite, S. N. (2022). How interprofessional education is offered to pharmacists and pharmacy students: A scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 29, Article 100563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100563

This study presents a review of recent published experiences of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in pharmacy education, aiming to identify the educational, institutional, and systemic factors involved in their development. Six databases were searche... Read More about How interprofessional education is offered to pharmacists and pharmacy students: A scoping review.

A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students (2022)
Journal Article
McMullen, J., Arakawa, N., Anderson, C., Pattison, L., & McGrath, S. (2023). A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19(2), 192-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.09.013

Background: The use of competency-based education (CBE) worldwide is increasing and has been advocated for by key reports in health professional education. Recent developments, including the first global competency framework for pharmacists published... Read More about A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students.

Developing a FIP handbook for implementing competency-based education in pharmacy education (2022)
Journal Article
Arakawa, N., Akel, M., Anderson, C., Bajis, D., Darwish, R., Koster, A., McMullen, J., & Morris, M. (2022). Developing a FIP handbook for implementing competency-based education in pharmacy education. Pharmacy Education, 22(4), 150-154. https://doi.org/10.46542/PE.2022.224.150154

Competency-based education (CBE) is a viable educational approach to close a training gap between ever-changing health challenges and pharmacy and pharmaceutical education curricula. However, the implementation of CBE into initial professional educat... Read More about Developing a FIP handbook for implementing competency-based education in pharmacy education.

Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions (2022)
Journal Article
Sawyers, L., Anderson, C., Aslani, P., Duncan, G., Janjua, S. S., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions. Health Science Reports, 5(5), Article e810. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.810

Introduction: Evidence suggests that, while a preference for functional Health Literacy (HL) outcome measurement exists, researchers are converging towards more all-encompassing instruments. While this claim is present in the HL field, minimal resear... Read More about Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions.

Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services (2022)
Book
Desselle, S., Garcia Cardenas, V., Anderson, C., Aslani, P., Chen, A., & Chen, T. (Eds.). (2022). Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services. Elsevier

Emerging methods, as well as best practices in well-used methods, in pharmacy are of great benefit to researchers, graduate students, graduate programs, residents and fellows also in other health science areas. Researchers require a text to assist in... Read More about Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services.

Perspectives of pharmacists in general practice from qualitative focus groups with patients during a pilot study (2022)
Journal Article
Mann, C., Anderson, C., Boyd, M., Karsan, Y., & Emerson, T. (2022). Perspectives of pharmacists in general practice from qualitative focus groups with patients during a pilot study. BJGP Open, 6(2), Article BJGPO.2021.0112. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0112

Background: Utilising skill mix in general practice is proposed as a solution to the demand–supply issue. Pharmacists can play an important role in this context, leading to an increase in training and funding for independent prescriber roles. A role... Read More about Perspectives of pharmacists in general practice from qualitative focus groups with patients during a pilot study.

Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration (2022)
Journal Article
Sawyers, L., Anderson, C., Boyd, M. J., Hessel, V., Wotring, V., Williams, P. M., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.02.002

Background: Human physiology undergoes extensive changes in space potentially leading to alterations in the way a medication functions. Understanding the efficacy behind Pharmacological Countermeasures (PCMs) and deliverable pharmacy services is impe... Read More about Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration.