THE "SEVEN-STAR PHARMACIST" AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF GHANAIAN PHARMACISTS

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-PPR-001
• By: APPIAH, Bernard (Texas A&M University School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, United States)
• Co-author(s): Irene Kretchy: Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy, Legon-Accra, Ghana
  Simon Yeboah: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy, Legon-Accra , Ghana
  Michellle Aseidu-Danso: Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy, Legon-Accra, Ghana
  Reginald Sekyi-Brown: Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy, Legon-Accra, Ghana
  Bernard Appiah: Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University School of Public Health, College Station Texas , United States
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  In 1997, the WHO introduced the “Seven Star Pharmacist” concept: that a pharmacist should be a care-giver, decision-maker, communicator, leader, manager, life-long learner and teacher. To the best of our knowledge, this concept has not yet been explored from pharmacists' perspectives in  medication adherence issues.

  Methods

  We conducted
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