%0 Journal Article
%T Basic disaster preparedness of rural community pharmacies in 5 states
%J Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
%D 2019
%A Henkel, Paul J.
%A Marvanova, Marketa
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P 1-6
%X ABSTRACTObjectives:The aim of this study was to investigate the basic preparedness of rural community pharmacies to continue operations during and immediately following a disaster. <br><br>METHODS: In 2014, we conducted a telephone survey (N = 990) of community pharmacies in 3 rural areas: North Dakota/South Dakota, West Virginia, Southern Oregon/Northern California regarding whether they had a formal disaster/continuity plan, offsite data backup, emergency power generation, and/or had a certified pharmacy immunizer on staff. Logistic regression and chi square were performed using Stata 11.1. <br><br>FINDINGS: Community pharmacies in rural areas (≤50.0 persons/mile2) were less likely to have emergency power (odds ratio [OR] = 0.59; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.32-1.07) or certified pharmacy immunizer on staff (OR = 0.47; 95% CI: 0.34-0.64). Pharmacies in lower income areas were less likely to have emergency power and offsite data backup or a formal disaster plan (OR = 0.70; 95% CI: 0.49-0.99) compared with pharmacies in higher income areas. Community pharmacies in areas of higher percent elderly population were less likely to have emergency power (OR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.39-0.73), or certified pharmacy immunizer on staff (OR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.47-0.91) compared with chain pharmacies in areas with lower percent elderly population. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Being in a rural, low-income, or high-elderly area was associated with lower likelihood of basic preparedness of community pharmacies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1935-7893
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.57