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Novel Roles of the Rural Pharmacist in Community and Public Health
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Description: Pharmacists and pharmacy students serving in rural Carlton County, Minnesota, play a key role in facilitating community-based health screenings, collaborating with community leaders in providing resources for the homeless and economically disadvantaged, providing substance abuse prevention programming, assisting in emergency preparedness programming and in providing immunization education and resources for Public Health Nurses.
Lessons Learned: Pharmacists serving in rural locations are capable of providing valuable public health services. By forming relationships with community members and public health professionals, pharmacists can utilize their clinical knowledge and serve their community while addressing health disparities and improving public health.
Recommendations: The various roles of the pharmacist in public health must be emphasized and practiced in the pharmacy curriculum so rural communities can benefit from the skills this profession has to offer. Rural pharmacists can play a key role in improving community health as members of the public health team.
Learning Areas:
Other professions or practice related to public healthProvision of health care to the public
Learning Objectives:
Describe ways that the rural public health pharmacist can contribute to community health as a valuable member of the healthcare team.
Keyword(s): Rural Health, Pharmacists
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a graduate student at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Executive Program in Public Health, pursuing a Master of Public Health degree. I am a pharmacist in community practice and also teach at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. I hope to focus on rural health issues and health disparities.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.