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Retail pharmacies in developing countries: a behavior and intervention framework

P Goel1, D Ross-Degnan, P Berman

  • 1Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Community Health Plan, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|April 1, 1996
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Retail pharmacies in developing nations often provide suboptimal pharmaceutical advice, particularly for childhood diarrhea. Understanding factors influencing prescribing and implementing targeted interventions are crucial for improving patient outcomes and medication use.

Area of Science:

  • Pharmaceutical policy
  • Global health
  • Behavioral science

Background:

  • Retail pharmacies are key sources of pharmaceutical advice in developing countries due to accessibility and convenience.
  • However, prescribing practices are often inappropriate, with valuable treatments like oral rehydration salts (ORS) underutilized for childhood diarrhea.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a conceptual framework for analyzing factors affecting retail pharmacy prescribing behavior.
  • To suggest strategies for behavior change among pharmacy staff.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review on retail pharmacy prescribing.
  • Development of a conceptual framework identifying key influencing factors.
  • Proposal of intervention strategies for behavior modification.

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Main Results:

  • A framework is proposed, categorizing influencing factors into pharmacy, client, physician practice, and regulatory domains.
  • Four intervention types are suggested: information, persuasion, incentives, and coercion.

Conclusions:

  • The presented frameworks can guide future research on pharmacy prescribing and intervention effectiveness.
  • Further research is needed on ownership, staff roles, authority structures, and comparative intervention impacts.