Honors Theses
Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Pharmacy Administration
First Advisor
Meagan Rosenthal
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Pharmacists are capable and interested in providing a targeted weight management intervention addressing the high rates, and associated risk, of obesity. A series of in-depth phone interviews with Mississippi community pharmacists were used to gain their perspective on a systematic approach for delivering a weight and obesity management service to patients. Using qualitative content analysis, three themes were identified and analyzed. These themes included: pharmacist’s perceptions of patient’s needs, program structural components, and pharmacist’s implementational needs. These findings can be used to expand the role of pharmacists, serve as a model for the development of other consultation services, improve health outcomes for patients with obesity, and save the healthcare system money. This investigation of pharmacists’ perspectives on the development of a weight management service could be used to design a program to minimize implementation barriers and become sustainable for the long term.
Recommended Citation
Strength, Shelby N., "A New Consultation Service for Community Pharmacies? An Investigation of Pharmacists' Perspective on Implementing a Weight Management Program" (2019). Honors Theses. 1243.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1243
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