Community pharmacists' pneumococcal vaccine knowledge and perceived barriers to vaccination.

Background/objective: Pneumococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection, particularly for high-risk groups such as infants, adults 65 and older, and individuals with certain conditions; however, vaccination rates remain low. Pharmacists are often visited more frequently than primary care physicians and therefore are in a unique position to increase pneumococcal vaccination rates. This study aims to identify barriers to pneumococcal vaccination and assess pharmacists' knowledge of pneumococcal vaccines in a community pharmacy setting.

Impact on life expectancy was the most important information to clients when considering whether to take action for an overweight or obese dog.

Objective: To determine dog owner preferences for information communicated during veterinarian-client obesity-related conversations within companion animal practice.

Sample: Dog owners recruited using snowball sampling.

Methods: A cross-sectional online questionnaire was distributed to dog owners.