Abstract
The evolution of pharmacy practice in the last 15 years has created expanded public health access. Community pharmacies now provide a range of public health services with promising improvements in health access and outcomes. The observed practice changes call our attention to systemic issues that remain in need of collective attention. As we strengthen our intersectoral public health system, we must focus on the pharmacy-public health partnership and establish collaborative policy and research agendas to guide this system change for maximum public health impact. Our collective effort to assure the health of communities depends upon our seeing opportunities across systems and sectors, and upon our success in shifting the policy environment to allow health system flexibility.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
Keywords
- pharmacist engagement
- pharmacy-based public health
- public health engagement
Disciplines
- Other Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Public Health