Research Article

Practice and Barriers towards Provision of Health Promotion Services among Community Pharmacists in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Demographic and additional characteristics of the respondents ().

Variables (%)

Sex
 Female16 (33.3)
 Male32 (66.7)
Age (mean = 30.5, median = 28 SD = 6.8)
 23–28 years27 (56.3)
 29–51 years21 (43.7)
Educational level
 Diploma21 (43.7)
 B.Pharm26 (54.2)
 M.S1 (2.1)
Work experience in community pharmacy (years) mean = 5.4, median = 4.5, range = 15
 1–4 years24 (50)
 5–16 years24 (50)
Pharmacy ownership
 Owner18 (37.5)
 Employee30 (62.5)
Additional work experience
 Yes23 (47.9)
 No25 (52.1)
Willing to provide health promotion service
 Yes46 (95.8)
 No2 (4.2)
Think professional curricular training is adequate for offering health promotion service
 Yes33 (68.7)
 No15 (31.3)