Dawn Foster-Hartnett, Gwantwa Mwakalundwa, Greta Henry, Lisa Bofenkamp, Cheryl M T Dvorak, Anna Lalande, Timothy J Johnson
FUTIs: an In-Person or Online Graphing, Bioinformatics, and Scientific Literacy Exercise That Explores the Presence of Antibiotic Resistance in Foodborne Urinary Tract Infections
Journal of microbiology & biology education
including pharmacists collaborative mental healthcare models yielded positive results establishing processes enhance pharmacists mental health care capabilities crucial addressing increasing burden improving access mental health services study evaluated community pharmacists mental health competencies analyzed associated factors using rigorous international framework additionally sought identify pharmacists training needs support requirements first stop creating roadmap enhancing mental healthcare community pharmacies largescale national study employing mixedmethods approach conducted community pharmacists united arab emirates semistructured individual interviews crosssectional survey conducted pharmacists core competencies assessed using core mental health competencies framework pharmacy professionals generalized linear models utilized identify predictors pharmacists competency levels thematic analysis used analyze qualitative data total 650 community pharmacists completed survey 937 response rate eight pharmacists participated semistructured interviews nearly twothirds 637 received general communication skills training training motivational interviewing 447 shared decisionmaking 372 mental illness stereotypingstigma 239 less common pharmacists reported lower perceived competence relationship multidisciplinary teams 302 sd 089 stigma recognition 302 sd 104 identifying mental health crises aiding persons safety 301 sd 105 poor communication skills p 0001 working pharmacies stock psychotropic medications p 0023 associated lower perceived competence qualitative analysis identified training needs various domains including attitudes values beliefs mental health relationships multidisciplinary teams communication skills pharmaceutical knowledge personal service development mental healthrelated training needed community pharmacists addressing needs intentional roadmap approach enable pharmacists better engage patients mental illness increase access care