The role of community pharmacists in natural disasters: Experiences from the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes
 
Yazarlar (5)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Samet DİNÇER Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ezgi Atalay Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Galip Usta Trabzon University, Türkiye
Sare Peçe Göktaş
Elazığ Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Health Policy (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0168-8510 Dergi Bilgileri (2025)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 157 / 1 / 105333–0 DOI 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105333
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105333
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Afet, Risk Yönetimi ve Sakınım Planlaması
Özet
ObjectiveOn 6 February 2023, a series of earthquakes struck the south-eastern region of Türkiye. The aim of this research is to identify the challenges and experiences of community pharmacists who were first-degree victims of the earthquake during and after the earthquake in providing health services.MethodsPhenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 individuals who were both first-degree earthquake victims and community pharmacists.ResultsQualitative data were analyzed with the MAXQDA 2020 program and three main themes were created. It was determined that community pharmacists did not prepare despite knowing about seismic hazards. Following the disaster, a number of difficulties arose, such as drug safety issues, risky behaviors, and the physical destruction of pharmacies. It was noted that some community ...
Anahtar Kelimeler
Community pharmacists | Disaster | Drug safety issues | Earthquake | Qualitative methods