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Community Health and Preventive Medicine

2015

Pharmacists

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The Role Of Community Pharmacy-Based Vaccination In The Usa: Current Practice And Future Directions, Albert Bach, Jeffery A. Goad Jul 2015

The Role Of Community Pharmacy-Based Vaccination In The Usa: Current Practice And Future Directions, Albert Bach, Jeffery A. Goad

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Community pharmacy-based provision of immunizations in the USA has become commonplace in the last few decades, with success in increasing rates of immunizations. Community pharmacy-based vaccination services are provided by pharmacists educated in the practice of immunization delivery and provide a convenient and accessible option for receiving immunizations. The pharmacist's role in immunization practice has been described as serving in the roles of educator, facilitator, and immunizer. With a majority of pharmacist-provided vaccinations occurring in the community pharmacy setting, there are many examples of community pharmacists serving in these immunization roles with successful outcomes. Different community pharmacies employ a number …


The Anti-Vaccine Movement – A Pharmacist’S View, Jeffery Goad, Melissa Durham Jan 2015

The Anti-Vaccine Movement – A Pharmacist’S View, Jeffery Goad, Melissa Durham

Jeff Goad

Goad and Durham discuss the anti-vaccine movement from a pharmacist's perspective, and explore the pharmacist's role in immunizations and the impact of pharmacist-patient communication on vaccinations.