Involvement of Sudanese community pharmacists in public health activities

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 393-400

  Mohamed, Sumia Sir Elkhatim ^a,b   Mahmoud, Adil A ^b   Ali, Abdulazim A ^a  

^a AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Health education; Health promotion; Public health; Screening; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; SUDANESE; TEAMWORK; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878283447     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9745-9     Document Type: Article

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