STUDY

No. TITLE AIM MAIN POINT DESIGN

1 Community pharmacists’ provision ● To explore SRH ● “most ● Qu

of sexual and reproductive health professional pharmacy participa anti
services: A cross-sectional study in services provided by nts were tati
Alberta, Canada community pharmacists educatin ve
● To evaluate pharmacists g (Cr
confidence in providing patients oss
SRH education on -
● To determine community several sec
pharmacists’ preferences SRH tion
for additional training topics, al
administ sur
ering vey
injectabl )
e ● Met
medicati a-
ons, and ana
renewin lyse
g s
prescript
ions for
contrace
ptives”
● “Most
participa
nts were
intereste
d in
addition
al
training
and
 expandi
ng their
role in
SRH”
● “Pharma
cist
prescribi
ng,
especiall
y to
initiate
contrace
ptives,
illustrate
s that
pharmac
ists
provide
an
accessib
le and
conveni
ent
option
for
contrace
ptive
access
in
commun
ities”

2 Community pharmacists' views on ● To explore the ● “Knowle ● Qu

providing a reproductive health acceptability and dge alit
service to women receiving opioid feasibility of community gaps ativ
 substitution treatment: A qualitative pharmacists in providing have e
study using the TDF and COM-B RH services to women been (se
receiving OST identifie mi-
d in this stru
study ctur
(OST ed
effects inte
on rvie
fertility, ws)
CPs'
knowled
ge of the
RH
needs of
women
receivin
g OST).”

3 Kentucky pharmacists’ perceptions ● To assess Kentucky ● “Barriers ● Qu

regarding provision of hormonal community pharmacists’ to anti
contraception interest in providing impleme tati
prescription HC and OTC ntation ve
EC services were (sur
reimburs vey
● To identify perceived ement, )
benefits/barriers time, ● Des
regarding provision of training, crip
hormonal contraception and tive
belief in ana
need for lysi
pelvic s
examina
tions”
● “Pharma
cists
also
 reported
willingne
ss to
offer
access
to oral,
transder
mal,
vaginal,
and
injectabl
e forms
in their
pharmac
y, if
board-
approve
d
protocol
were
available
.”
● “Commu
nity
pharmac
ists in
Kentuck
y were
supporti
ve of the
provisio
n of oral
and
transder
mal
contrace
 ption.”
● “Pharma
cists
consider
ed time
to be a
significa
nt
barrier.”
● “Reimbu
rsement
was also
a
prevalen
t
concern.
”
● “Continu
ing
pharmac
y
educatio
n has
begun to
address
concern
s with
training
issues.”

4 Reproductive Health Services: ● To determine the practice ● “80% of ● Des

Attitudes and Practice of Japanese and attitudes regarding the crip
Community Pharmacists the provision of SRH participa tive
services among nts ● Cro
Japanese community strongly ss-
pharmacists with a focus agreed sec
on reproductive health or tion
(RH) topics agreed al
with the ● Ob
stateme ser
nt “it is vati
an ona
importan l
t part of stu
a dy
commun
ity
pharmac
ist’s role
to offer
advice
on
sexual
and
reproduc
tive
Health”.”
● “two
hundred
and
ninety
participa
nts
(55%)re
ported
that they
would
like to
expand
their
role”
● “In terms
 of SRH
training,
the
majority
of
participa
nts
(80%)
express
ed
interest
in
addition
al
opportun
ities”

5 Community Pharmacists’ ● To determine the ● “Factors ● Qu

Perceptions, Barriers, and perception of community that anti
Willingness for Offering Sexual and pharmacists in the most tati
Reproductive Health Services Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commun ve
(KSA) towards the ity (cro
provision of counselling pharmac ss-
services on sex ists sec
education and consider tion
reproductive health, as al
including barriers to and barriers sur
proficiency in the delivery are vey
of services. incompl )
ete
patient
records,
fear of
responsi
bility that
may
 result in
liability,
a lack of
social
responsi
bility,
and
gender
differenc
es.”
● “There is
a
positive
attitude
towards
the
practice
of
counselli
ng on
sex and
reproduc
tive
health
care
among
commun
ity
pharmac
ists.”
● “commu
nity
pharmac
ists were
proficien
t as a
 large
majority
believed
they had
the
proper
educatio
nal
qualificat
ion to
offer
quality
counselli
ng
services
on sex
educatio
n and
reproduc
tive
health”

6 Pharmacy staff perceptions and ● To evaluate community ● “providin ● Qu

self-reported behaviors related to pharmacy staff g further anti
providing contraceptive information perspectives of a 2-year specific tati
and counseling pharmacy intervention educatio ve
aimed at reducing n to (sur
unintended pregnancy in pharmac vey
18- to 30-year-old y staff, )
women. such as
online
CE
training,
helps
pharmac
y staff
 provide
informati
on and
counseli
ng to
their
patients/
custome
rs in the
selection
and
appropri
ate use
of
contrace
ption”

7 The acceptability of contraception To explore the acceptability and ● “lack of ● Mix

task-sharing among pharmacists feasibility for independent compen ed
inCanada — the ACT-Pharm study provision of contraception at sation met
pharmacies in British Columbia for this hod
new s
cognitive (sur
task vey
could be and
a inte
barrier, rvie
and w)
about
half had
concern
s over
potential
liability”
● “indepen
dent
 prescribi
ng of
hormona
l
contrace
ption is
highly
accepta
ble and
feasible
to
impleme
nt at a
selection
of
commun
ity
pharmac
ies”

8 Pharmacists prescription of ● To gather baseline data ● “With ● Cro

hormonal contraception in Oregon: on Oregon pharmacists’ training ss-
Baseline knowledge and interest in intent to provide and sec
provision hormonal contraception reimburs tion
prior to implementation of ement al
House Bill 2879, as well offered, sur
as to identify motivators over half vey
and perceived barriers to of
directly providing HC pharmac
ists
would
be
intereste
d in
prescribi
ng
 contrace
ptive
therapy,
managin
g side
effects
or
transitio
ning
women
to a
different
hormona
l
method”
● “large
majority
of
pharmac
ists
express
ed an
interest
in
addition
al
training”
● “The top
three
perceive
d
barriers
to direct
provisio
n: a
shortage
 of
pharmac
y staff to
provide
services,
concern
s about
liability,
and a
need for
addition
al
training.”

9 Knowledge, attitude and practice of ● To determine knowledge, ● “There is ● Cro

emergency contraceptive pills attitude, and practice of a lack of ss-
among community pharmacy CPPs towards ECPs in private sec
practitioners working in Kathmandu Kathmandu Valley counseli tion
Valley: a cross-sectional study ng areas al
in the stu
commun dy
ity ● Des
pharmac crip
ies of tive
Kathma and
ndu Infe
Valley.” rent
● “86.4% ial
of the ana
respond lysi
ents s
agreed
to the
need of
formal
training”
 ● “Majority
of the
respond
ents had
good
knowled
ge and
good
practice
on
dispensi
ng ECP
and
possess
ed a
positive
attitude
towards
the use
of ECP.”
● “educati
onal
intervent
ion and
awarene
ss
program
s should
be
designe
d”

10 Access to contraception in ● To characterize how ● Barriers ● Cro

pharmacies during the COVID-19 access to contraception identifie ss-
pandemic products and services in d were sec
pharmacies changed 38% tion
 during the COVID-19 Workflo al
pandemic, including w sur
pharmacist prescribing challeng vey
practices and innovations es, 32%-
in service delivery person
blood
pressure
measure
ment,
23%
patient
insuranc
e status,
7% lack
of PPE;
21%
some
experien
ce no
barriers.
● “Insuran
ce and
cost are
main
reasons
for less
than 12
month
frequenc
y
dispensi
ng.”

11 Relationship between availability of ● To describe the ● “The ● Des

contraceptive products and relationship between the clearest crip
pharmacists as information sources availability and implicati tive
 accessibility on of ,
of contraceptives in Iowa these exp
pharmacies and the extent to findings lora
which pharmacists act as an may be tory
information source regarding the ,
contraceptives importan non
ce of exp
continui eri
ng me
educatio ntal
n (CE) stu
for dy
pharmac (sur
ists” vey
)

12 Implementation of hormonal ● To determine the extent ● “Commu ● Cro

contraceptive furnishing in San of hormonal nity ss-
Francisco community pharmacies contraceptive furnishing pharmac sec
and identify the factors ies have tion
that led to successful relatively al
implementation in San low sur
Francisco community supply vey
pharmacies of (se
hormona mi-
l stru
contrace ctur
ption” ed
● “accessi inte
bility of rvie
pharmac ws)
ists
provides
a
conveni
ence to
 the
commun
ity that
improve
s
adheren
ce and
eliminat
es gaps
in
therapy”

13 Role of the community pharmacist To determine the role of ● “Pharma ● Qu

in emergency contraception community pharmacists in cists anti
counseling and delivery in the emergency contraception must tati
United States: current trends and counseling and delivery in the have the ve
future prospects United States knowled (pro
ge and spe
confiden ctiv
ce to e
provide obs
informati erv
on to atio
patients nal
regardin stu
g dy)
various
methods
of EC,
their
effective
ness,
and how
to use
them
properly.
 ”
● “Sugges
tions to
improve
knowled
ge and
behavior
include
standard
ized
protocol
s at the
commun
ity
pharmac
y when
patients
are
seeking
EC,
updated
training
(eg,
continui
ng
professi
onal
educatio
n) of
pharmac
ists, and
mandato
ry
private
consulta
tion
 areas to
enhance
the
counseli
ng
environ
ment.”
● “legislati
on to
expand
pharmac
ist-
prescribi
ng
authoriti
es in
individua
l states
can help
increase
access
to both
OTC
and
prescript
ion EC
products
.”
● “There
are
opportun
ities to
expand
access
to EC in
pharmac
 ies
further
by
impleme
nting
legislatio
n
expandi
ng
pharmac
ist scope
of
practice,
ensuring
third-
party
reimburs
ement
for
clinical
services
delivere
d by
pharmac
ists, and
including
EC in
pharmac
y
educatio
n and
training.”

14 The ultimate gatekeepers: A ● To explore the availability ● “Barriers ● Qu

qualitative exploration of and accessibility of include alit
pharmacists' contraceptive service different contraceptive the lack ativ
 delivery practices in Albania methods in 38 Tirana, of e
Albania, as well as the knowled (int
knowledge, opinions, and ge and ervi
provision practices of misinfor ews
retail pharmacists 39 in mation )
the county of ● Des
Pharma crip
cists tive
regardin Stat
g istic
reproduc s
tive
health
technolo
gies,in
general
and
hormona
l
contrace
ptives, in
particula
r.”

15 Community pharmacist perception ● To identify the community ● “most ● Cro

and attitude pharmacist perceptions common ss-
toward ethical issues at community and attitudes toward barriers sec
pharmacy ethical issues at that limit tion
setting in central Saudi Arabia community pharmacy discussi al,
setting in Saudi Arabia ng des
ethical crip
issues tive
with ,
their and
patients qua
were litati
 lack of ve
time due sur
to other vey
obligatio
ns
assigne
d to the
commun
ity
pharmac
ist
(69.2%),
lack of
reliable
resource
s
(10.7%),
not
intereste
d in the
subject
(10.1%),
lack of
knowled
ge on
ethical
issues
(4.8%),
and
other
reasons
(5.3%)”
● “Commu
nity
pharmac
ists also
 need
educatio
n and
official
training
on
ethics
and
where to
find
ethics
informati
on and
how to
evaluate
it to
make an
appropri
ate
decision
before
making
a
recomm
endation
and
providin
g
informati
on for
their
patients”
● “Several
pharmac
ists
commen
ted that
continui
ng
educatio
n
program
s would
be
helpful
in
increasi
ng their
knowled
ge base
in
pharmac
y
ethics.”