From community pharmacy to healthy living pharmacy: Positive early experiences from Portsmouth, England

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-87

  Brown, David ^a   Portlock, Jane ^b   Rutter, Paul ^c   Nazar, Zacharia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Health promotion; Healthy living pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIVING PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIVING PHARMACY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACISTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84888871738     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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