Perceptions and predictors of intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Background: The control of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be dependent on widespread receipt of an effective vaccine. It is important to understand patient health-related behaviors and perceptions to guide public health vaccination strategies.

Objectives: To examine perceptions of COVID-19 and vaccination beliefs, and identify predictors of intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the US.

Antidepressant Use and Incident Urinary Incontinence: A Literature Review.

Objective: To review available data examining antidepressant use and incident urinary incontinence (UI).

Data Sources: PubMed was used to conduct the literature search for this review. In the primary search, the term "antidepressive agents" was searched as a medical subject heading, a pharmacological action, and a keyword phrase.

Homeless patients' use of urban emergency departments in the United States.

Data from the 2009-2010 National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey-Emergency Department were used to compare homeless patients' utilization of the urban emergency department (ED) in the United States with nonhomeless patients and to examine the relationship between homelessness and demographics and ED utilization measures. The weighted sample size was 200 645 347. A total of 1 302 256 patients (0.

Medication adherence challenges among patients experiencing homelessness in a behavioral health clinic.

Background: Behavioral health medication nonadherence is associated with poor health outcomes and increased healthcare costs. Little is known about reasons for nonadherence with behavioral health medications among homeless people.

Objectives: To identify reasons for medication nonadherence including the sociodemographic, health-related factors, and behavioral health conditions associated with medication nonadherence among behavioral health patients served by a Health Care for the Homeless center (HCH) in Virginia.

Student pharmacists' perceptions and awareness of community pharmacy practice residency programs.

Objectives: To assess student exposure to types of pharmacy practice, evaluate awareness and perceptions of community pharmacy residencies, and identify areas of postgraduate training of interest to student pharmacists.

Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, online survey study.

Setting: United States, January to April 2008.

The use of the health belief model to assess predictors of intent to receive the novel (2009) H1N1 influenza vaccine.

OBJECTIVES: 1) Assess participants' perceptions of severity, risk, and susceptibility to the novel H1N1 influenza virus and/or vaccine, vaccine benefits and barriers, and cues to action and 2) Identify predictors of participants' intention to receive the novel H1N1 vaccine. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive study SETTING: Local grocery store chain and university in the central Virginia area PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of adult college students and grocery store patrons INTERVENTION: Participants filled out an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire based upon the Health Belief Model. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Participants' predictors of intention to receive the novel H1N1 vaccine RESULTS: A total of 664 participants completed a questionnaire.

Implementation of a personal medication record program in an independent living facility.

Objective: To describe the process of implementing a "Vial of Life" [Lifesaving Information for Emergencies] program in an independent living facility.

Setting: An independent living facility in the Richmond, Virginia, area.

Practice Description: The average age of the residents is 79.

Development and Implementation of an Academic-Community Partnership to Enhance Care among Homeless Persons.

An academic-community partnership between a Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) clinic and a school of pharmacy was created in 2005 to provide medication education and identify medication related problems. The urban community based HCH clinic in the Richmond, VA area provides primary health care to the homeless, uninsured and underinsured. The center also offers eye care, dental care, mental health and psychiatric care, substance abuse services, case management, laundry and shower facilities, and mail services at no charge to those in need.

Integration of collaborative medication therapy management in a safety net patient-centered medical home.

Objective: To describe the integration of collaborative medication therapy management (CMTM) into a safety net patient-centered medical home (PCMH).

Setting: Federally qualified Health Care for the Homeless clinic in Richmond, VA, from October 2008 to June 2010.

Practice Description: A CMTM model was developed by pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, and social workers and integrated with a PCMH.

Medication reconciliation: an important piece of the medication puzzle.

Medication errors continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality. This, in turn, costs the health care system millions of dollars each year in preventable costs. Medication reconciliation, an important piece of medication therapy management (MTM), is vital to reducing medication errors.

Implementation of a comprehensive pretravel health program in a supermarket chain pharmacy.

Objective: To describe the procedures for implementing a comprehensive pretravel health program in a supermarket chain pharmacy.

Setting: Central Virginia (Richmond, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, and Roanoke) between 2000 and 2008.

Practice Description: Ukrop's is a local supermarket chain with 29 stores, 20 of which have pharmacies.

Revealing undetected problems with medication therapy management services.

Implementation of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 has highlighted the innovative roles that pharmacists are assuming in progressive, community-based practice settings. MTM underscores the vital role that community pharmacists have in helping patients achieve desirable therapeutic outcomes and reduce health care expenses. Pharmacists can: 1) obtain detailed medication histories, 2) assess patient adherence and the development of side effects, 3) educate patients on their medications and disease states, and 4) perform cost-effective therapeutic interchanges in collaboration with prescribers.