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A. Tarfa, K. Pecanac, O. Shiyanbola
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy, vol. 9(4), 2021
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy, vol. 9(4), 2021
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Tarfa, A., Pecanac, K., & Shiyanbola, O. (2021). Patients, social workers, and pharmacists' perceptions of barriers to providing HIV care in community pharmacies in the United States. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040178
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Tarfa, A., K. Pecanac, and O. Shiyanbola. “Patients, Social Workers, and Pharmacists' Perceptions of Barriers to Providing HIV Care in Community Pharmacies in the United States.” Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy 9, no. 4 (2021).
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Tarfa, A., et al. “Patients, Social Workers, and Pharmacists' Perceptions of Barriers to Providing HIV Care in Community Pharmacies in the United States.” Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy, vol. 9, no. 4, 2021, doi:10.3390/pharmacy9040178.
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@article{tarfa2021a,
title = {Patients, social workers, and pharmacists' perceptions of barriers to providing HIV care in community pharmacies in the United States},
year = {2021},
issue = {4},
journal = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Pharmacy},
volume = {9},
doi = {10.3390/pharmacy9040178},
author = {Tarfa, A. and Pecanac, K. and Shiyanbola, O.}
}
Abstract
Retaining people living with HIV (PLWH) in clinical care is a global priority to end the HIV epidemic. Community pharmacies in the United States have structural influences on the success or failure of retention in HIV care by supporting patients’ complex needs. However, to date, barriers to retention in care in the community pharmacy setting have not been examined beyond pharmacy services of medication therapy management. We utilized the patient-centered medical home model to examine the barriers to HIV care in the community pharmacy setting. We utilized semi-structured interviews to collect data from 15 participants: five PLWH, five community pharmacists, and five social workers from a midwestern state. Interview data were transcribed and analyzed using directed content analysis. Four key themes emerged regarding the barriers that impact utilization of community pharmacy services by PLWH: the perception of the role of community pharmacists in HIV care, perceptions of pharmacists’ HIV knowledge, perceptions of pharmacy operation and services, and negative experiences within the community pharmacy space. Participants’ perceptions of solutions for improving HIV care in the community pharmacy focused on improving the relationship between pharmacists and patients, ensuring that the community pharmacy is a private and safe space for patients, and having a diverse pharmacy staff that is equipped to take care of the diverse and marginalized HIV population, such as transgender people.
