Verification of the Effectiveness of the Health Support Pharmacy “Toyonaka Model,” an Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Project Aiming to Promote Community Health through the Information from Community Pharmacies via Digital Signages

Tamaki Sawada; Kazuyuki Niki; Nichika Onishi; Kozo Tada; Akiyo Nishida; Koji Dohi; Takashi Kozai; Yaeko Okuda; Yukiji Morikawa; Takehiko Mae; Mitsuyo Kuroki; Yumi Takaoka; Taro Matsuoka; Yasuhiro Ashida; Kenji Ikeda; Mikiko Ueda

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Verification of the Effectiveness of the Health Support Pharmacy “Toyonaka Model,” an Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Project Aiming to Promote Community Health through the Information from Community Pharmacies via Digital Signages

VernacularTitle:デジタルサイネージを通じた保険薬局からの情報発信により地域の健康増進を目指す産官学連携事業「健康サポート薬局・豊中モデル」の効果検証
Author: Tamaki SAWADA ¹ ; Kazuyuki NIKI ¹ ; Nichika ONISHI ¹ ; Kozo TADA ² ; Akiyo NISHIDA ³ ; Koji DOHI ² ; Takashi KOZAI ⁴ ; Yaeko OKUDA ² ; Yukiji MORIKAWA ⁵ ; Takehiko MAE ² ; Mitsuyo KUROKI ⁶ ; Yumi TAKAOKA ² ; Taro MATSUOKA ⁷ ; Yasuhiro ASHIDA ⁸ ; Kenji IKEDA ⁹ ; Mikiko UEDA ¹⁰
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1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy Research and Education, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2. Toyonaka City Pharmaceutical Association
3. Greenmedic Pharmacy
4. Nishida Pharmacy
5. Dohi Pharmacy
6. Minori Pharmacy
7. Hattori Medical Center Morikawa Pharmacy
8. Daiichi Pharmacy
9. Toyonaka City Public Health Center
10. Toyonaka City Government
Keywords: digital signage; health information; community pharmacy; industry-government-academia collaboration study
From:Japanese Journal of Social Pharmacy 2022;41(2):175-186
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Advances in information and communication technology (ICT)-especially, the spread of social networking services (SNSs)-have facilitated the dissemination of information and an explosion of health information lacking scientific evidence. Therefore, we believe that community pharmacies are the most suitable bases for distributing health information. In 2019, we launched the health support pharmacy “Toyonaka Model” in collaboration with the pharmaceutical association, municipal government, and university. Touch-panel digital signage (DS) was used for real-time distribution of ever-changing information and a rapid grasp of pharmacy users’ responses to various types of information. Between September 2019 and August 2021, one DS was installed in a pharmacy in each of Toyonaka City’s seven areas along with 14 questions on the usefulness of the delivered information. Respondents answered the 14 questions by a tablet or questionnaire; touch logs for DS were collected. When a pharmacy user consulted with a pharmacist about information delivered via DS, the contents were recorded and described by the pharmacist on a 4-point scale (e.g., “inquiry only,” “went through to execution”). From the 850 completed questionnaires and 61,565 touches, 88.7% of the respondents indicated that the information was useful, and 90.0% expressed interest in receiving more health information in the future. Thus, health information provided by DS may be useful to pharmacy users, as demonstrated by 113 cases in which the pharmacist was consulted regarding such information. In 62 of these cases, there were indications that the DS information might have influenced users’ behavior and intended actions.