TY - JOUR
T1 - Partners in public health
T2 - Public health collaborations with schools of pharmacy, 2015
AU - DiPietro Mager, Natalie A.
AU - Ochs, Leslie
AU - Ranelli, Paul L.
AU - Kahaleh, Abby A.
AU - Lahoz, Monina R.
AU - Patel, Radha V.
AU - Garza, Oscar W.
AU - Isaacs, Diana
AU - Clark, Suzanne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - To collect data on public health collaborations with schools of pharmacy, we sent a short electronic survey to accredited and preaccredited pharmacy programs in 2015. We categorized public health collaborations as working or partnering with local and/or state public health departments, local and/or state public health organizations, academic schools or programs of public health, and other public health collaborations. Of 134 schools, 65 responded (49% response rate). Forty-six (71%) responding institutions indicated collaborations with local and/or state public health departments, 34 (52%) with schools or programs of public health, and 24 (37%) with local and/or state public health organizations. Common themes of collaborations included educational programs, community outreach, research, and teaching in areas such as tobacco control, emergency preparedness, chronic disease, drug abuse, immunizations, and medication therapy management. Interdisciplinary public health collaborations with schools of pharmacy provide additional resources for ensuring the health of communities and expose student pharmacists to opportunities to use their training and abilities to affect public health. Examples of these partnerships may stimulate additional ideas for possible collaborations between public health organizations and schools of pharmacy.
AB - To collect data on public health collaborations with schools of pharmacy, we sent a short electronic survey to accredited and preaccredited pharmacy programs in 2015. We categorized public health collaborations as working or partnering with local and/or state public health departments, local and/or state public health organizations, academic schools or programs of public health, and other public health collaborations. Of 134 schools, 65 responded (49% response rate). Forty-six (71%) responding institutions indicated collaborations with local and/or state public health departments, 34 (52%) with schools or programs of public health, and 24 (37%) with local and/or state public health organizations. Common themes of collaborations included educational programs, community outreach, research, and teaching in areas such as tobacco control, emergency preparedness, chronic disease, drug abuse, immunizations, and medication therapy management. Interdisciplinary public health collaborations with schools of pharmacy provide additional resources for ensuring the health of communities and expose student pharmacists to opportunities to use their training and abilities to affect public health. Examples of these partnerships may stimulate additional ideas for possible collaborations between public health organizations and schools of pharmacy.
KW - Pharmacy
KW - Public health
KW - Schools
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U2 - 10.1177/0033354917698126
DO - 10.1177/0033354917698126
M3 - Article
C2 - 28402757
AN - SCOPUS:85021859702
SN - 0033-3549
VL - 132
SP - 298
EP - 303
JO - Public health reports
JF - Public health reports
IS - 3
ER -
