scholarly journals Evaluation of the experiences and needs of users of a drug information resources website

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. Isenor ◽  
Melissa Helwig ◽  
Michael B. Weale ◽  
Susan K. Bowles
Keyword(s):  
Drug Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Validity Testing ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Objective: This article describes the evaluation of the experiences and needs of users of the Drug Information Resources (DIR) website. The DIR website attracts traffic and use from around the world with the highest users in Canada and the United States. Methods: An online questionnaire was developed through literature review and Google Analytics data. Face validity testing and test-retest reliability were completed prior to releasing the questionnaire. Results: Although the Google Analytics data showed that the site is used internationally, most respondents were Canadian students. They used the site for academic and clinical purposes and reported it was easy to use, well organized, include required resources, and would recommend it to others.  Conclusion: DIR was found to be a valuable resource for educational and clinical use. Future studies will aim to obtain input from international users.

Reliability of Arrest and Incarceration Questions on the Risk Behavior Assessment

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis G. Fisher ◽  
Grace L. Reynolds ◽  
Michele M. Wood ◽  
Mark E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Behavior Assessment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

We examined 48-hour test-retest reliability of the arrest and incarceration questions on the Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1993). Participants were 229 street-drug users recruited in 11 cities throughout the United States. Results revealed that lifetime arrest and incarceration items demonstrated good to excellent reliability. The 30-day arrest and incarceration items provided such poor reliabilities that they would yield unreliable data with limited research or clinical use. Future research needs to identify alternative items that can yield reliable data regarding recent arrest history; until then, it is recommended that the recent arrest items be used with caution.

The Influence of the Food and Drug Administration Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule on Drug Information Resources

2020 ◽  
pp. 106002802095665
Author(s):  
John Brock Harris ◽  
Amy P. Holmes ◽  
Lea S. Eiland
Keyword(s):  
Drug Administration ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Food And Drug Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Pregnancy And Lactation ◽  
In Pregnancy

Background Drug information resources are commonly used by health-care providers answering pregnancy-related medication questions. In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a new pregnancy and lactation medication labeling content and format, removing the pregnancy category, and using a narrative. Despite labeling requirements changing, it is unknown if drug information resources updated monographs to reflect these changes. Objective The primary objective was to evaluate if commonly used drug information resources provide pregnancy information listed similar to the requirements of the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR). Secondary analyses included evaluating the references and inclusion of the pregnancy category rating. Methods Pregnancy recommendations for 23 medications were evaluated in 9 drug information resources (Clinical Pharmacology, Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, Epocrates®, First Databank, LexiComp® Online, LexiComp® Online Pregnancy & Lactation, In-Depth, Medi-Span®, Micromedex®, and Multum®). The number of references per drug monograph and most recent reference publication year was obtained. Results LexiComp® Online Pregnancy & Lactation, In-Depth mimics the new PLLR structure and consistently had the highest number of and most recent references when the medication was included. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation was the next most similar in content with the PLLR and second in most references per monograph; however, the most recent reference was the textbook publication year. Conclusion and Relevance LexiComp® Online Pregnancy & Lactation, In-Depth and Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation provided pregnancy information in a format most similar to the PLLR. However, several drug information resources contained pregnancy categories ratings that were to be removed from medication labeling per the PLLR.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Information Sources Regarding Drug Use and/or Poisoning Cases of Community Pharmacists in Ankara, Turkey

Acta Medica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ayçe Çeliker ◽  
Emre Kara ◽  
Sevilay Karahan
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Drug Information ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
General Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Package Inserts ◽  
The Future ◽  
E Mail

Objective: Exploring and categorizing the drug and/or poisoning information resources available in community pharmacies in Ankara according to some variables, and revealing common opinions regarding the future of the profession and information resources. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as an online questionnaire for community pharmacists in Ankara. It had four headings on the pharmacists’ demographics, their general information resources, specific resources in specific topics, and 4 suggestions regarding the future of pharmacy and drug information resources. Results: The number of participants was 134 as 17.9% of 746 e-mail addresses. Mean ages±standart deviation were 40.9±12.0 years. The top 3 information sources on poisonings were the internet, colleagues, and physicians with 74.6%, 43.3%, and 30.6%, respectively. Participants in the “colleagues” group in terms of poisoning preferences had a shorter period after graduation (p=0.001). In the drug information inquiries package inserts, internet and colleagues were preferred mostly, with 69.4%, 63.4%, and 35.8%, respectively. Age groups and graduation years were statistically different regarding the “package inserts” and “colleagues” groups (p=0.012 and p=0.001, and p=0.019 and p<0.001, respectively). The most “totally agreed” suggestion was accepting the pharmacies’ being important drug and/or poison information resources for consumers with 68.7%. Conclusion: The pharmacists have been fulfilling their duty of “being an information resource” through rather limited resources. To equip community pharmacists properly, authorities, professional institutions, and universities need to contribute to the process in different ways together with pharmacists being aware of their responsibilities.

International Telesupervision: The Clinical Fellowship Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
David W. Rule ◽  
Lisa N. Kelchner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
East African ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
National Certification

Telepractice technology allows greater access to speech-language pathology services around the world. These technologies extend beyond evaluation and treatment and are shown to be used effectively in clinical supervision including graduate students and clinical fellows. In fact, a clinical fellow from the United States completed the entire supervised clinical fellowship (CF) year internationally at a rural East African hospital, meeting all requirements for state and national certification by employing telesupervision technology. Thus, telesupervision has the potential to be successfully implemented to address a range of needs including supervisory shortages, health disparities worldwide, and access to services in rural areas where speech-language pathology services are not readily available. The telesupervision experience, potential advantages, implications, and possible limitations are discussed. A brief guide for clinical fellows pursuing telesupervision is also provided.

Sex Differences in Mass Media Preferences Across Four Asian Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malini Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Ellis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Preferences

Background. Nearly all of the research on sex differences in mass media utilization has been based on samples from the United States and a few other Western countries. Aim. The present study examines sex differences in mass media utilization in four Asian countries (Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore). Methods. College students self-reported the frequency with which they accessed the following five mass media outlets: television dramas, televised news and documentaries, music, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Results. Two significant sex differences were found when participants from the four countries were considered as a whole: Women watched television dramas more than did men; and in Japan, female students listened to music more than did their male counterparts. Limitations. A wider array of mass media outlets could have been explored. Conclusions. Findings were largely consistent with results from studies conducted elsewhere in the world, particularly regarding sex differences in television drama viewing. A neurohormonal evolutionary explanation is offered for the basic findings.

Sandra Ramos Revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-54
Author(s):  
Silvia Spitta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Graphic Arts ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
The Rich

Sandra Ramos (b. 1969) is one of the few artists to reflect critically on both sides of the Cuban di-lemma, fully embodying the etymological origins of the word in ancient Greek: di-, meaning twice, and lemma, denoting a form of argument involving a choice between equally unfavorable alternatives. Throughout her works she shines a light on the dilemmas faced by Cubans whether in Cuba or the United States, underlining the bad personal and political choices people face in both countries. During the hard 1990s, while still in Havana, the artist focused on the traumatic one-way journey into exile by thousands, as well as the experience of profound abandonment experienced by those who were left behind on the island. Today she lives in Miami and operates a studio there as well as one in Havana. Her initial disorientation in the USA has morphed into an acerbic representation and critique of the current administration and a deep concern with the environmental collapse we face. A buffoonlike Trumpito has joined el Bobo de Abela and Liborio in her gallery of comic characters derived from the rich Cuban graphic arts tradition where she was formed. While Cuba is now represented as a rotten cake with menacing flies hovering over it ready to pounce, a bombastic Trumpito marches across the world stage, trampling everything underfoot, a dollar sign for a face.

The 1970s

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Borstelmann
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Retirement Plans ◽  
Free Agency ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Oil Crisis ◽  
American Society

This book looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, this book creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. It demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more—and less—equal. This book explores how the 1970s forged the contours of contemporary America. Military, political, and economic crises undercut citizens' confidence in government. Free market enthusiasm led to lower taxes, a volunteer army, individual 401(k) retirement plans, free agency in sports, deregulated airlines, and expansions in gambling and pornography. At the same time, the movement for civil rights grew, promoting changes for women, gays, immigrants, and the disabled. And developments were not limited to the United States. Many countries gave up colonial and racial hierarchies to develop a new formal commitment to human rights, while economic deregulation spread to other parts of the world, from Chile and the United Kingdom to China. Placing a tempestuous political culture within a global perspective, this book shows that the decade wrought irrevocable transformations upon American society and the broader world that continue to resonate today.

The Unquiet Frontier

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub J. Grygiel ◽  
A. Wess Mitchell ◽  
Jakub J. Grygiel ◽  
A. Wess Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Global Order ◽  
American Power ◽  
Alliance Networks ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Critical Regions

From the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America's expense. Hoping that U.S. decline is real, nations such as Russia, Iran, and China are testing Washington's resolve by targeting vulnerable allies at the frontiers of American power. This book explains why the United States needs a new grand strategy that uses strong frontier alliance networks to raise the costs of military aggression in the new century. The book describes the aggressive methods which rival nations are using to test American power in strategically critical regions throughout the world. It shows how rising and revisionist powers are putting pressure on our frontier allies—countries like Poland, Israel, and Taiwan—to gauge our leaders' commitment to upholding the American-led global order. To cope with these dangerous dynamics, nervous U.S. allies are diversifying their national-security “menu cards” by beefing up their militaries or even aligning with their aggressors. The book reveals how numerous would-be great powers use an arsenal of asymmetric techniques to probe and sift American strength across several regions simultaneously, and how rivals and allies alike are learning from America's management of increasingly interlinked global crises to hone effective strategies of their own. The book demonstrates why the United States must strengthen the international order that has provided greater benefits to the world than any in history.

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