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Promoting skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists
J A Mayer1, L Eckhardt, B M Stepanski
1Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4162, USA.
Objectives:
This study evaluated the effects of an intervention on rates of skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists.
Methods:
Fifty-four pharmacies were randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions. Intervention consisted of training, feedback, and prompts. Counseling rates before and after the intervention were obtained from study confederates.
Results:
At pretest, the proportions of control and intervention sites providing counseling at least once were 7.4% and 0%, respectively (NS). At posttest, these proportions were 3.7% and 66.7%, respectively (P < .001).
Conclusions:
The results indicated that the intervention was successful and that pharmacists can play an important role in educating the public about skin cancer prevention strategies.