ArticleIntegrated pharmacy research & practice2023
Ecopharmacology: Knowledge, Attitude, and Medication Disposal Practice Among Pharmacy Students.
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- Ecopharmacovigilance and Drug Disposal: A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Veterinary Healthcare Providers in and Around Gondar City, Ethiopia.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Future pharmacists and climate action: a qualitative study of students' views on environmental sustainability in education and practice.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) related to green pharmacy among community and hospital pharmacists in Jordan.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The interlinked crisis: pharmaceutical pollution as a driver of antimicrobial resistance in East Africa: an urgent call for ecopharmacovigilance and one health approach.One health outlook · 2026Review
- Experiential learning to advocacy: A peer-led approach to safe medication disposal in pharmacy education.PloS one · 2026Article
- Chinese pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes and practice about environmental risks of pharmaceuticals and their source control from the perspective of One Health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A systematic review of the knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare professionals and healthcare professional students towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Review
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- Disposal practice and determinants of unused medicines among the general public in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Disposal Practices of Leftover Medicines Among University of Rwanda Undergraduate Students.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2025Article
- Future Healthcare Workers and Ecopharmacovigilance: Where Do We Stand?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Ecopharmacology, as a form of drug management for the environment, focuses on the impact of drugs on the environment. Pharmacists, and by extension pharmacy students, are expected to play an important role in ecopharmacology. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the knowledge and attitude towards ecopharmacology and the practice of disposal of leftover or expired medicines among pharmacy students. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among pharmacy students in Northwestern Ethiopia. The study took place from May 1 to June 15, 2023. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: Four hundred and forty-five students were included in the study. Only 91 (20%) of the students were aware of the term ecopharmacology, 27% knew that excretion from the human or animal body is the major route by which pharmaceutical agents enter the environment, and 42% were aware of the risk of increased antimicrobial resistance due to antibiotic residues in the environment. In addition, only 27% of respondents reported receiving information about the disposal of pharmaceuticals. The most common method of disposing of medications was throwing them away in household trash (61.8%). Conclusion: Our results suggest that while most pharmacy students in Ethiopia have a positive attitude toward ecopharmacology, they do not know enough about ecopharmacology and dispose of their medicines poorly. More uniform education in ecopharmacology and pharmaceutical pollution might be warranted in the pharmacy curriculum.
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