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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pedro Domingo Armando
• María Isabel Tenllado
• Patricia Martínez
• Sonia Andrea Uema

Titel

Strategies to foster an adequate compromise of the pharmacist with respect to over the counter medicines’ advertisement

Ist Teil von

• Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2018-12, Vol.75 (4), p.234-239

Ort / Verlag

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The advertisement has a great influence on the public and, in over the counter medicines (OTC), it can generate health risks on the population if it is misregulated. The aim of this work is to analyze and disclose strategic viable actions emerged from a forum debate during an online course for fostering the pharmacist’s compromise related to OTC advertisement. Methods: A content analysis was carried on, grouping by themes and categories the opinions of community pharmacists participating in a forum debate about OTC advertisement. Two audiovisual advertisement pieces were analyzed as triggers of discussion. Results: Sixty-five professionals participated in 3 groups of debate, and 103 opinions were collected. Among individual strategies, to guarantee the attention by a pharmacist was highlighted when health conditions or the use of medicines are consulted about. Other strategies include denouncing to the ANMAT the advertisements that do not comply with the norms, procuring a better regulation and assuming a critical posture. Within the collective strategies, including pharmacists in the evaluation committee of advertisement of ANMAT and furthering norms to reassess the role of the pharmacist and the community pharmacy in minor illnesses were stressed. Conclusion: The contribution of the community pharmacists allows disposing a set of professional strategies, both individuals and collectives, to promote a rational use of OTC for the patients and the community.