{"id":304,"date":"2019-11-02T06:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T06:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-05-14T06:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T06:59:43","slug":"social-media-bridges-the-gap-between-community-pharmacists-and-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/social-media-bridges-the-gap-between-community-pharmacists-and-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media-bridges the gap between community pharmacists and public"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-830x830.jpg 830w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/onlinemedicalwriting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Untitled-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Social media and\nmobile health apps are an innovative way to improve communication between community\npharmacists and public. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crilly and team has conducted a study to evaluate the\nperception of community pharmacists (CPs) with regards to the use of social\nmedia and mobile health apps in pharmacy public health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a mixed-method study that involved a\ncross-sectional survey and follow-up interviews. The study included 257 CPs\nworking in community pharmacies. The survey covered the role of CPs in public\nhealth; use of social media; use of mobile health apps by CPs; demographic\ninformation. After the survey the participants who were interested to continue\nthe study were invited to participate in the semi-structured interview. After\nthe ethical approval responses were collected on paper or on online. About 257\nresponses were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Twenty-five respondents\nshowed interest in follow-up interviews. Using framework methodology the\ninterviews were transcribed and analyzed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study response rate was 43%. The participants who\ncompleted the survey were mostly under the age of 35 years. Regardless of the\ndemographics, about half of the respondents conducted at least one public\nhealth awareness campaign. Face-to-face interview, telephone call, and E-mail\nwere the commonly used tools to interact with the patients participated in the\nhealth awareness campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the CPs have promoted the use of social media pages\nand mobile health apps if maintained by a healthcare professionals (HCPs). Cps\nunder the age of 35 years were more positive about the use of social media\ntools and mobile health apps in health promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study concluded that most of the CPs were positive about\nthe use of social media and mobile health apps in health promotion. However,\ntraining pharmacy team regarding the usage of these tools is must.\nAdditionally, awareness of evidence-based apps will increase the adoption of social\nmedia tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crilly P, Hassanali W, Khanna G, Matharu K, Patel D, Patel D,\nRahman F,Kayyali R. Community pharmacist perceptions of their role and the use\nof socialmedia and mobile health applications as tools in public health. Res\nSocial AdmPharm. 2019 Jan;15(1):23-30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media and mobile health apps are an innovative way to improve communication between community pharmacists and public. Crilly and team has conducted a study to evaluate the perception of community pharmacists (CPs) with regards to the use of social media and mobile health apps in pharmacy public health services. 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