Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2
· pp. 41–89 · 10 articles
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Published
- Pages
- 41–89
- Articles
- 10
- Sections
- 6
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2455-3255
- Journal
- JPPCM
In this issue
Editorial
- Forum Article
Quality Use of Quality Medicines
Dixon Thomas, Kishore Gnana Sam Sundararaj, Annie Shirwaikar, Arun Shirwaikar
pp. 41–42 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.11 · Published
The use of medicines as healthcare interventions bring to the fore 2 important aspects of quality namely; ‘quality of medicines’ and ‘quality use of medicines’ (QUM). Governmental and non-governmental agencies in a regul…
Review Article
- Review
Medication Safety Beyond the Hospital and Role of Pharmacists in Ambulatory Medication Safety Process
Mohammed Alshakka, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Heyam Ali, Aymen Saleh Abdulla, P Ravi Shankar, Huda Basaleem, Mohammed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
pp. 43–47 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.12 · Published
Medication safety is one of the challenges which is in focus now-a-days, and various approaches to reduce the incidence of medication related problems and risks are ongoing. Most initiatives have concentrated on medicati…
SHORT COMMUNICATION
- Communication
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Measuring Devices of Oral Liquid Medications in the Population of District East Karachi, Pakistan
Faiz Ullah Khan, Asim Ur Rehman, Haroon Rashid, Zahid Khan, Fazal Rabbi, Syed Mujahid Shah
pp. 48–52 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.13 · Published
Background:Most of the people have poor knowledge and inability to administer liquid medications properly which can lead to medication errors and poor health outcomes as laymen and even health care professionals hardly k…
Research Article
- Article
Senior Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perception towards Herbal Medicines: A Preliminary study from Malaysia
Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Palaian Subish
pp. 53–57 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.14 · Published
Objectives: This study was to evaluate the perception of senior pharmacy students towards herbal medicines and determine their knowledge towards herbal medicines as well as to identify whether there is any association be…
- Article
Cost of Tuberculosis Relapse in Yemen: A Nested Case-Control Study
Mohamed Saif Anaam, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Abdul Wahed Al Serouri, Amal Bassili, Adel Aldobhani
pp. 58–65 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.15 · Published
Background: The economic burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Yemen is enormous. Little empirical information is available about TB relapse-related cost incurred by government for treating relapse patients. Objective:The prese…
- Article
A Cross Sectional Study on the Prevalence of Elder Abuse in the Rural Field Pracrtice Areas of A Tertiary Care Hospital In Mangaluru
Venkatesh Krishna Narayana, Sucharitha Suresh, Chandrashekar R
pp. 66–69 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.16 · Published
Objectives: The objectives of this study was to define and identify the symptoms of elder abuse, create awareness about its existence to the primary health care workers and recommend an appropriate strategy for its preve…
- Article
Prescribing and Utilization Trends of Anti-Asthmatic Drugs amongst Children in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan
Ali Ahmed, Maria Tanveer, Gul Majid Khan, Kashif Hanif
pp. 70–75 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.17 · Published
Objective:To describe and analyze the prevalent prescribing trends of anti-asthmatics drugs among 1-12 year old children in Lahore, a major city of Pakistan, is the objective of this study. In addition, the study attempt…
- Article
A Cross-sectional Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Zika Virus and its Prevention among Residents of Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Arief, Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali, Fahad Saleem, Muhammad Umair Khan, Akram Ahmad, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathulha, Shazia Qasim Jamshed
pp. 81–89 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.20 · Published
Objective:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes towards ZIKV and its prevention among residents of Selangor, Malaysia. Methods:A pre-tested, self administered, cross-sectional survey i…
LETTER TO EDITOR
- Article
Maternal and Perinatal Health Challenges in Pakistan
Muhammad Junaid Farrukh, Muhammad Haseeb Tariq, Kifayat Ullah Shah
pp. 76–77 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.18 · Published
Dear Editor, Maternal and perinatal mortality have appeared a huge challenge in the health care setting of developing countries. [1] Considering the importance of this issue, in 1987 maternal and perinatal health is cons…
BRIEF REPORT
- Article
Health Downside of the Upside of Urban Life in Nepal
Gokarna Dahal, Prabha Pokhrel
pp. 78–80 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.2.19 · Published
Nepal is one of the ten least urbanized countries in the world but the pace of urbanization depots among the fastest ten. All most one third of the total country populations now leave in 217 municipalities and the number…