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Sharing Personal Health<br />
Information with the Pharmacist<br />
• While many more people think it is important to<br />
tell their pharmacist about any NHPs that they<br />
are taking (from 67% to 78%) there remains no<br />
change in the number who consult their pharmacists<br />
first about NHP information<br />
• Women consider it more important to share<br />
information with the pharmacist about OTCs<br />
and NHPs that they are taking (88%, 83%) than<br />
do men (79%, 72%)<br />
2001<br />
2003<br />
Public Perception <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacists</strong>’<br />
Qualifications to Provide<br />
Various Services<br />
• Public appreciation for pharmacists’ qualifications<br />
increased in all categories except<br />
ability to provide advice on OTCs and NHPs<br />
• Public regard for pharmacists as being qualified to<br />
provide advice on OTCs decreased from 72% to 69%<br />
• Public appreciation for the pharmacist to discuss<br />
their prescription (69% to 72%) and/or to discuss<br />
their condition with their physician (52%<br />
to 56%) increased<br />
• Levels <strong>of</strong> appreciation for the pharmacist<br />
to discuss a patient’s prescription or condition<br />
with their physician is very similar across all ages (98%, 95%, 94%)<br />
While it is encouraging to see public appreciation for pharmacists’ qualifications to be increasing, improving public awareness<br />
<strong>of</strong> the pharmacist’s expertise on OTCs and NHPs remains a challenge<br />
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Pharmacy Connection March • April 2004
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