Publications by authors named "N M Waite"
Background: Undervaccination is a public health issue that disproportionately affects underserved populations. Pharmacists are accessible health care professionals who have the potential to better reach communities. The aim of this study is to understand how organizational obstacles influence the pharmacist's ability to meet underserved clients' vaccination needs in community pharmacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Community pharmacists are well placed to identify and vaccinate unimmunized or under-immunized individuals who can put themselves and communities at risk of preventable disease. We designed and tested VaxCheck, a novel life-course vaccine review service that can be used to raise awareness and guide personal vaccination action plans, in community pharmacies in Ontario, Canada.
Objective: To understand the experiences of community pharmacists and staff directly involved with providing the VaxCheck service as part of initial testing.
Article Synopsis
- A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted to understand vaccine preferences for COVID-19 across Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US, focusing on attributes valued by different population subgroups.
- Participants aged 18 and older were surveyed, excluding those who self-identified as antivaccinationists, and assessed various vaccine profiles based on effectiveness, side effect risks, and options for co-administering vaccines.
- The study employed a conditional logit model to analyze preferences, revealing insights into how different characteristics of vaccines influence decision-making regarding immunization among various demographic groups.
Background: Across the globe, racial and ethnic minorities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 with increased risk of infection and burden from disease. Vaccine hesitancy has contributed to variation in vaccine uptake and compromised population-based vaccination programs in many countries. Connect, Collaborate and Tailor (CCT) is a Public Health Agency of Canada funded project to make new connections between public health, healthcare professionals and underserved communities in order to create culturally adapted communication about COVID-19 vaccines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccination rates among Canadian adults remain suboptimal. Community pharmacists have increasingly adopted an active role in vaccination and are trusted by the public to provide vaccination-related advice and care. The aim of this prospective descriptive study was to develop and test a novel clinical service, VaxCheck, to support proactive life-course vaccination assessments by community pharmacists.
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