ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical policy and practice2022
Readiness and willingness of Malaysian community pharmacists in providing vaccination services.
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- Pooled it
- The severity of fatigue, daytime sleepiness, and health-related quality of life, and their impact among community pharmacists in Malaysia.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and willingness of community pharmacists to provide vaccination services: a web-based cross-sectional survey in Uganda.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Identifying community pharmacists' preferences for attributes of public health interventions in Kenya: a discrete choice experiment.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators for pharmacist-led vaccination services: A systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Review
- The community pharmacists' opinion regarding pharmacist as immunizers for expanding their role and service in Thailand.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Community pharmacy workforce willingness, readiness, and infrastructural capacity to deliver vaccination services: a cross-sectional survey in Nigeria.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Community pharmacists' knowledge, beliefs, and perceived barriers toward vaccination services at community pharmacies: A cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Pharmacists' Willingness to Offer Vaccination Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Knowledge and attitudes of community pharmacists on vaccination, barriers and willingness to implement community pharmacy-based vaccination services in Ethiopia.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundVaccination is an effective public health intervention in reducing morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases. Compared to other countries where community pharmacists (CPs) administer vaccines, CPs in Malaysia are not authorised. This study aimed to assess CPs' readiness and willingness to provide vaccination in Malaysia, identify potential barriers to and factors supporting the provision of this service.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among Malaysian CPs from April to June 2021. A validated online questionnaire was distributed through social media, instant messaging, email, and pharmacy societies.
resultsOf 492 CPs recruited throughout Malaysia, 439 (89.2%) expressed willingness to provide vaccination services to the public, 403 (81.9%) agreed with the accessibility of community pharmacies to the public, and 73.4% agreed that their role in vaccination could help to improve the overall vaccination coverage rate. The lack of pharmacist training in vaccination and concerns on maintaining patient safety were identified as barriers to CPs' implementation of vaccination services, with 52.8% and 47.8% of them agreeing, respectively. Training sessions and operational guidelines on providing vaccination services are required to overcome the barriers.
conclusionCPs in Malaysia were ready and willing to provide vaccination services to the public. However, the implementation demands training workshops and re-evaluation of CPs in public vaccination programmes by Malaysian healthcare policymakers.
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