Transgender/gender nonconforming adults' worries and coping actions related to discrimination: Relevance to pharmacist care.

Purpose: Transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) adults' worries and coping actions related to discrimination by healthcare professionals were evaluated.

Methods: A community-led participatory approach was used to develop, implement, and analyze the survey. Respondents were recruited using a snowball recruitment method.

Contraceptive Desert? Black-White Differences in Characteristics of Nearby Pharmacies.

Objectives: Race differences in contraceptive use and in geographic access to pharmacies are well established. We explore race differences in characteristics of nearby pharmacies that are likely to facilitate (or not) contraceptive purchase.

Study Design: We conducted analyses with two geocode-linked datasets: (1) the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) project, a study of a random sample of 1003 women ages 18-19 living in a county in Michigan in 2008-09; and (2) the Community Pharmacy Survey, which collected data on 82 pharmacies in the county in which the RDSL study was conducted.

Linking the patient-centered medical home to community pharmacy via an innovative pharmacist care model.

Objectives: To develop and pilot test a model that extends pharmacists' direct patient care from the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) to the community pharmacy.

Setting: Two Michigan Medicine PCMH clinics and 2 CVS Pharmacy sites in Ann Arbor, MI.

Practice Description: In the PCMH clinics, pharmacists have provided patient care using collaborative practice agreements for diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia for more than 5 years.

Identifying socio-demographic and clinical characteristics associated with medication beliefs about aromatase inhibitors among postmenopausal women with breast cancer.

Purpose: Non-adherence/persistence to adjuvant endocrine therapy can negatively impact survival. Beliefs about medicines are known to affect adherence. This study aims to identify socio-demographic and clinical characteristics associated with medication beliefs among women taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs).

The relationship between patient activation, confidence to self-manage side effects, and adherence to oral oncolytics: a pilot study with Michigan oncology practices.

Purpose: The Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC) is a continuous quality improvement collaborative seeking to improve oncology care in Michigan, including for patients taking oral chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between patient activation, confidence to self-manage side effects, and adherence to oral oncolytics to inform future oncology care.

Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional observational study was conducted using an online survey to examine patient activation (patient activation measure, PAM), health literacy, symptom burden (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, ESAS), confidence to self-manage side effects (fatigue, nausea, and diarrhea), and adherence to oral oncolytics.

Confirming the theoretical structure of expert-developed text messages to improve adherence to anti-hypertensive medications.

Background: Text messages can improve medication adherence and outcomes in several conditions. For this study, experts developed text messages addressing determinants of medication adherence: disease beliefs, medication necessity, medication concerns, and forgetfulness, as well as positive reinforcement messages for patients who were adherent.

Objectives: To validate expert-developed text messages to address medication non-adherence with a group of non-researchers.

Pharmacy staff perceptions and self-reported behaviors related to providing contraceptive information and counseling.

Objective: To evaluate pharmacy staff perspectives of a 2-year pharmacy intervention aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy in 18- to 30-year-old women.

Design: Pharmacy staff completed a 48-item, self-administered paper survey consisting of scaled and open-ended questions.

Setting: 55 community pharmacies in 12 Iowa counties.

Young women's perceptions and experiences with contraception supply in community pharmacies.

Background: Unintended pregnancy is a major public health problem in the United States.Correct contraceptive use can reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy. Community pharmacies are well positioned to provide contraceptives and advice about contraception.

Impact of a passive social marketing intervention in community pharmacies on oral contraceptive and condom sales: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Almost 50% of pregnancies in the United States are unwanted or mistimed. Notably, just over one-half of unintended pregnancies occurred when birth control was being used, suggesting inappropriate or poor use or contraceptive failure. About two-thirds of all women who are of reproductive age use contraceptives, and oral hormonal contraceptives remain the most common contraceptive method.