The impact of two-year community-wide pharmacy interventions on the public’s knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors about pharmacists as immunizers
The KABB of respondents in intervention and non-intervention communities provided insights into improving the public's use of pharmacists as immunizers. Future strategies may include pharmacists proactively offering vaccines and counsel on Public Health vaccine guidelines to patients, increasing the public's awareness about vaccines provided by pharmacists (through healthcare providers and social media), and expanding public funding for vaccines with low uptake.
Authors
- Beth Halperin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-9818)
- Antonia M. Di Castri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-5394)
- Scott A. Halperin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-589X)
- Lingyun Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3260-5157)
- Melissa Kervin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4724-2018)
- Jennifer E. Isenor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-7362)
- Wilfrid Kouokam Lowe
- C. H. Whittle
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- St. Francis Xavier University (CA)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24906-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Sanofi
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Public Health Agency
- Canadian Immunization Research Network
- Sanofi Pasteur
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research