TY  - JOUR
AU  - Turcu-Stiolica, Adina
AU  - Kamusheva, Maria
AU  - Bogdan, Maria
AU  - Tadić, Ivana
AU  - Harasani, Klejda
AU  - Subtirelu, Mihaela-Simona
AU  - Meca, Andreea-Daniela
AU  - Šesto, Sofia
AU  - Odalović, Marina
AU  - Arsić, Jasmina
AU  - Stojkov, Svetlana
AU  - Terzieva, Emili
AU  - Petrova, Guenka
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4007
AB  - Community pharmacists expanded their roles and engaged in vaccination services in many countries around the world, but not in Balkan countries. This research aimed to assess the perceptions of pharmacists on involvement in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine administration in four Balkan countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia). A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an online questionnaire that was distributed to community pharmacists across these countries between February and March 2021. A total of 636 community pharmacists were included in the analysis of the survey. The willingness to administer vaccines for COVID-19 (or other vaccines well established in the practice, like a flu vaccine) in community pharmacies is significantly different among the countries: the pharmacists from Albania were more willing to administer vaccines. The factors associated with the eagerness to vaccinate are almost the same among the countries: the lack of training in the faculty classes and the lack of a special place where to administer vaccines. Additional significant factors were found in Bulgaria (pharmacists from independent pharmacies wanted more than the pharmacists working in chain pharmacies to administer vaccines) and in Serbia (male pharmacists agreed more with administering vaccines than female pharmacists). Further national reforms are needed for adopting the expanding role of community pharmacists.
PB  - Frontiers Media S.A.
T2  - Frontiers in Public Health
T1  - Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.3389/fpubh.2021.766146
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Turcu-Stiolica, Adina and Kamusheva, Maria and Bogdan, Maria and Tadić, Ivana and Harasani, Klejda and Subtirelu, Mihaela-Simona and Meca, Andreea-Daniela and Šesto, Sofia and Odalović, Marina and Arsić, Jasmina and Stojkov, Svetlana and Terzieva, Emili and Petrova, Guenka",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Community pharmacists expanded their roles and engaged in vaccination services in many countries around the world, but not in Balkan countries. This research aimed to assess the perceptions of pharmacists on involvement in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine administration in four Balkan countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia). A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an online questionnaire that was distributed to community pharmacists across these countries between February and March 2021. A total of 636 community pharmacists were included in the analysis of the survey. The willingness to administer vaccines for COVID-19 (or other vaccines well established in the practice, like a flu vaccine) in community pharmacies is significantly different among the countries: the pharmacists from Albania were more willing to administer vaccines. The factors associated with the eagerness to vaccinate are almost the same among the countries: the lack of training in the faculty classes and the lack of a special place where to administer vaccines. Additional significant factors were found in Bulgaria (pharmacists from independent pharmacies wanted more than the pharmacists working in chain pharmacies to administer vaccines) and in Serbia (male pharmacists agreed more with administering vaccines than female pharmacists). Further national reforms are needed for adopting the expanding role of community pharmacists.",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S.A.",
journal = "Frontiers in Public Health",
title = "Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries",
volume = "9",
doi = "10.3389/fpubh.2021.766146"
}

Turcu-Stiolica, A., Kamusheva, M., Bogdan, M., Tadić, I., Harasani, K., Subtirelu, M., Meca, A., Šesto, S., Odalović, M., Arsić, J., Stojkov, S., Terzieva, E.,& Petrova, G.. (2021). Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries. in Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers Media S.A.., 9.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.766146

Turcu-Stiolica A, Kamusheva M, Bogdan M, Tadić I, Harasani K, Subtirelu M, Meca A, Šesto S, Odalović M, Arsić J, Stojkov S, Terzieva E, Petrova G. Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries. in Frontiers in Public Health. 2021;9.
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.766146 .

Turcu-Stiolica, Adina, Kamusheva, Maria, Bogdan, Maria, Tadić, Ivana, Harasani, Klejda, Subtirelu, Mihaela-Simona, Meca, Andreea-Daniela, Šesto, Sofia, Odalović, Marina, Arsić, Jasmina, Stojkov, Svetlana, Terzieva, Emili, Petrova, Guenka, "Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries" in Frontiers in Public Health, 9 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.766146 . .