Bone health screening, education, and referral project in northwest Iowa: creating a model for community pharmacies.

Objective: To identify women 60 years of age or older at risk for osteoporosis, provide education, and refer at-risk women to physicians through a community pharmacy screening program and to develop a model in community pharmacies for this service.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Northwest Iowa between August 2005 and October 2005.