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Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Antipsychotics are recognised as a critical intervention for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Guidelines globally endorse the routine practice of antipsychotic monotherapy, at the minimum effective dose. Even in treatmentresistant schi... Read More about Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points.

Do statin users adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle?: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (2016)
Journal Article

Background Lifestyle and dietary advice typically precedes or accompanies the prescription of statin medications. However, evidence for adherence to this advice is sparse. The objective was to compare saturated fat intake, exercise, alcohol consum... Read More about Do statin users adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle?: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study.

Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction Community pharmacy increasingly features in global strategies to modernise the delivery of primary healthcare. Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) form part of the English Government's medicines management strategy to improve adherence and r... Read More about Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs).

An analysis of inter-professional collaboration in osteoporosis screening at a primary care level using the D'Amour model (2016)
Journal Article

Objectives This study describes the perspective of patients, nurses, pharmacists, doctors and policy makers to identify the level of collaboration and the areas for improvement to achieve inter-professional collaboration between doctors, nurses, p... Read More about An analysis of inter-professional collaboration in osteoporosis screening at a primary care level using the D'Amour model.

A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article

Background Much has been studied in regard to non-prescription medicines (NPMs), but the impact of greater emphasis toward patient self-selection of such agents is still not well understood, and evidence in the literature might be equivocal. Ob... Read More about A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy.

Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice?: Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme (2015)
Journal Article

Background Pharmacy education and pharmacy practice are facing remarkable changes following new scientific discoveries, evolving patient needs and the requirements of advanced pharmacy competency for practices. Many countries are introducing or unde... Read More about Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice?: Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme.

The development and validation of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention in Malaysia (2014)
Journal Article

Purpose: To develop and validate the English version of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention (SQOP) in Malaysia. Methods: The SQOP was modified from the Osteoporosis Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire and developed based on l... Read More about The development and validation of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention in Malaysia.

Comparing women pharmacy consumers’ experiences with weight loss treatment in Victoria and Nottingham: a cross-sectional study (2014)
Journal Article

Background: There has been a recent increase in weight management services available in pharmacies across Australia and England. The aim of this study was to determine the following between women in Victoria and Nottingham: similarities and differenc... Read More about Comparing women pharmacy consumers’ experiences with weight loss treatment in Victoria and Nottingham: a cross-sectional study.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the short-form condom attitude scale: Validity assessment in a sub-sample of rural-to-urban migrant workers in Bangladesh (2013)
Journal Article

Background: The reliable and valid measurement of attitudes towards condom use are essential to assist efforts to design population specific interventions aimed at promoting positive attitude towards, and increased use of condoms. Although several st... Read More about Cross-cultural adaptation of the short-form condom attitude scale: Validity assessment in a sub-sample of rural-to-urban migrant workers in Bangladesh.

Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys (2011)
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Background: The monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through pharmacovigilance is vital to patient safety. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is one method of pharmacovigilance, and in the UK this is undertaken through the Yellow Card Scheme (YC... Read More about Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys.