Population Reports articles from November 1989

Population Reports archives from November 1989

Pharmacists and family planning.
November 1, 1989... Pharmacists and Family Planning The closest and quickest place to get contraceptives is often the neighborhood pharmacy. Worldwide, about 55 million couples buy their family planning supplies in pharmacies. This amounts to over half of couples...

Buying contraceptives at the pharmacy. (includes related articles)
November 1, 1989... Buying Contraceptives at the Pharmacy Millions of people visist pharmacies every day to buy drugs and other medicines and to get information. Some are looking for contraceptives, and they may need the pharmacisths advice to choose one and to use...

Encouraging pharmacists to do more. (increasing their role in family planning)(includes related articles)
November 1, 1989... Encouraging Pharmacists To Do More While an estimated 55 million couples now buy their family planning supplies in pharmacies (see p. 3), eight times as many could be pharmacy customers. Worldwide, about 447 million couples need temporary family...

Teaching pharmacists about family planning. (includes related information)
November 1, 1989... Teaching Pharmacists About Family Planning Pharmacists usually learn most about their products from two sources: * Pharmacy schools and * Representatives of pharmaceutical companies (called detail men, or detailers). In the field of...

Evaluating pharmacist training. (training in family planning & contraceptive use)(includes related article)
November 1, 1989... Evaluating Pharmacist Training Sponsoring organizations evaluate training in a number of ways: * Pre-tests and post-tests to measure changes in knowledge, * Trends in contraceptive sales, and * Visits to pharmacies to watch program...

Bibliography. (pharmacists and family planning) (bibliography)
November 1, 1989... Bibliography An asterisk (*) denotes an item that was particularly useful in the preparation of this issue of Population Reports. [1] ANONYMOUS. A.I.D. guidance paper: pharmaceuticals in health assistance. Washington, D.C., US Agency for...