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Table 3 Item analysis for community pharmacists’ attitude to public health
| Item | Mean ± SD | p-values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years of practice | Qualification | Public health experience | |||
| a1. | Public Health activities should be carried out by only nurses and medical doctors. | 4.7 ± 0.7 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.74 |
| a2 | Public Health activities should be carried out in health centres only. | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 0.64 | 0.81 | 0.47 |
| a3. | Pharmacists were not trained to carry out public health activities while in pharmacy school. | 4.3 ± 0.9 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.28 |
| 4. | Community pharmacists are competent to carry out public health activities. | 4.3 ± 1.0 | 0.23 | 0.57 | 0.22 |
| 5. | Health education carried out by the community pharmacist should be focused on group of individuals as well as individual clients | 3.9 ± 1.1 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.27 |
| a6. | Health education administered by community pharmacists should focus on drug related information. | 4.2 ± 0.7 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.84 |
| a7. | It is not the role of community pharmacists to educate their clients on risk factors to chronic diseases, such as smoking, nutrition, overweight, etc. | 4.8 ± 0.4 | 0.68 | 0.34 | 0.39 |
| a8. | It is not essential for the community pharmacists to educate their clients on oral hygiene/health. | 4.7 ± 0.7 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| a9. | It is not necessary for the community pharmacists to educate their clients on sexual health (contraception, prevention of STIs) since it is already done in the family planning clinic. | 4.6 ± 0.5 | 1.00 | 0.48 | 0.33 |
| a10. | Educating clients on immunization (including vaccines required for intending travelers) should not be the business of community pharmacists. | 4.6 ± 0.7 | 0.53 | 0.76 | 0.23 |
| 11. | Screening clients in the community pharmacy for hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia will help to reduce the incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. | 4.7 ± 0.8 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.71 |
| 12. | It is important for the community pharmacists to always ensure that patients adhere to their medication. | 4.7 ± 0.7 | 0.39 | 0.18 | 0.70 |
| Average attitude score | 4.5 ± 0.7 | - | - | - | |
