Publications by authors named "Kevin Peter Mc Namara"
Background: delivering appropriate care for patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy is increasingly challenging. Challenges for individual healthcare professions are known, but only little is known about overall healthcare team implementation of best practice for these patients.
Objective: to explore current approaches to multimorbidity management, and perceived barriers and enablers to deliver appropriate medications management for community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy, from a broad range of healthcare professional (HCP) perspectives in Australia.
Article Synopsis
- Unplanned pregnancy rates in Australia are high, contributing to one of the highest abortion rates among developed countries, yet the use of emergency contraceptive pills (ECP) has not significantly increased despite being available over-the-counter.
- The study will use in-depth, semi-structured interviews to examine barriers and facilitators to accessing ECP from community pharmacies, partnering with pharmacy groups and women’s health organizations for recruitment.
- Findings will inform new interventions and will be shared widely, including with study participants, through presentations and peer-reviewed publications, after ethical approval has been granted.