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Promoting skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists.

J A Mayer, L Eckhardt, B M Stepanski, J F Sallis, J P Elder, D J Slymen, L Creech, G Graf, R C Palmer, C Rosenberg and S T Souvignier

Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4162, USA.

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effects of an intervention on rates of skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists. METHODS: Fifty-four pharmacies were randomly assigned to intervention or control conditions. Intervention consisted of training, feedback, and prompts. Counseling rates before and after the intervention were obtained from study confederates. RESULTS: At pretest, the proportions of control and intervention sites providing counseling at least once were 7.4% and 0%, respectively (NS). At posttest, these proportions were 3.7% and 66.7%, respectively (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that the intervention was successful and that pharmacists can play an important role in educating the public about skin cancer prevention strategies.

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