Recognition of Community Pharmacists’ Professional and Issues Based on a Survey Targeting Mothers Who are in Child Care
10.14925/jjsp.34.1_24
- VernacularTitle:子育て中の母親を対象とした調査にみる薬局薬剤師の職能認知と薬局薬剤師の課題
- Author:
Arisa Miki
;
Takashi Hatae
;
Aya Ino
;
Tomomi Inoue
;
Junpei Ueno
;
Kimiyo Kasatani
;
Ami Kondo
;
Tomoko Sakaguchi
;
Nobuko Sasaki
;
Yoshihiko Tauchi
;
Harunori Takeshita
;
Hanako Tsuji
;
Motoko Nakagawa
;
Sakae Noguchi
;
Yuka Hasegawa
;
Megumi Mizuta
;
Sayo Yahano
;
Masako Yamane
;
Tsuneo Hamaguchi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
parenthood support project;
community pharmacists;
professional recognition
- From:Japanese Journal of Social Pharmacy
2015;34(1):24-33
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We implemented a questionnaire survey targeting mothers who are in child care and had participated in consultations regarding drugs and diseases. We examined the future roles of community pharmacists by exploring the mothers’ concerns and, anxieties about child cares and their backgrounds, and their expectations for profession of community pharmacist. Mothers have listed anxiety and concerns of child care about “dermatitis such as rash and atopic eczema”; “food allergies”; “infectious diseases such as measles, chicken pox, and mumps”; and “side effects of vaccination”. In addition, most of them indicated their own concerns and anxiety about “solutions to children’s illnesses.” Despite their anxieties and concerns, however, approximately 60% of the mothers have never consulted with community pharmacists. Among them, approximately a half of them indicated the following three reasons why they have never consulted with pharmacists: “I have nothing to talk about,”, “I do not know what I should talk about,”, and “I was not sure if it was alright to talk about my concerns.”. From these results, we concluded that community pharmacists in the future should improve their communication skills and inform their availability to consult about medicine and disease to local residents.
