Table 5 Overall rating of behaviours within the pharmaceutical public health cluster
From: A survey of pharmacists’ perception of foundation level competencies in African countries
Pharmaceutical public health competencies (n = 469) | Not relevant | Low relevance | Relevant | Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | Row (N%) | Count | Row (N%) | Count | Row (N%) | ||
Health promotion | |||||||
B1. HP | Assess the primary healthcare needs (taking into account the cultural and social setting of the patient) | 11 | 2.30 | 27 | 5.8 | 431 | 91.9 | 1 |
B2. HP | Advise on health promotion, disease prevention and control, and healthy lifestyle | 2 | 0.4 | 26 | 5.5 | 441 | 94 | 1 |
Medicines information and advice | |||||||
B3. MIA | Counsel patients on the appropriate use of medicines and devices (including the selection, use, contraindications, storage, and side effects of non-prescription and prescription medicines) taking into account patients preferences | 3 | 0.60 | 23 | 4.90 | 443 | 94.4 | 1 |
B4. MIA | Identify sources, retrieve, evaluate, organise, assess and disseminate relevant medicines information according to the needs of patients and clients and provide appropriate information | 3 | 0.60 | 30 | 6.40 | 436 | 92.9 | 1 |