Publications by authors named "Louisa Handyside"
Background: Community pharmacists' active participation in research is essential to build a robust, translatable evidence base. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have been established to support collaborative research and knowledge translation in community pharmacies. However, PBRNs' effectiveness in supporting research engagement and knowledge translation remains unexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Community pharmacies have capacity to provide a variety of professional pharmacy services. However, planning models are underutilised when guiding pharmacists in assessing local health and social needs for providing tailored services to meet community needs and priorities.
Objective: The objective of this was to utilize the PRECEDE-PROCEED model to perform a health needs assessment to identify health concerns in a regional Australian community for guiding professional pharmacy service development.
Background: Health needs assessment tools such as the PRECEDE-PROCEED model (PPM) identify the key health concerns of communities, and may increase the capacity for community pharmacies to address these needs.
Objectives: A narrative review was conducted to investigate to what extent the PPM has been used to guide pharmacy service development and evaluation.
Methods: A systematic search of six databases was conducted for peer-reviewed papers published from January 2000 to August 2019 that described the application of the PPM within the community pharmacy context.