Does the pharmacy profession get a rainbow tick?
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| Sunday, August 4, 2024 |
| 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM |
| C2.2 + C2.3 |
| Sponsored By: |
Details
LGBTQIA+ Australians face discrimination daily within the community, and it has serious implications for their health. In one of Australia’s largest surveys of the LGBTQIA+ community, less than 50% of respondents acknowledging that they feel accepted when accessing health or support services and reported consistently lower overall “general health”. The majority of the LGBTQIA+ community access mainstream primary care services (GP, pharmacy etc), however only a small number were satisfied with their overall care experiences. What does this mean for us – the pharmacy profession?
Pharmacists are one of the most accessible health professionals in the community, with an ever-increasing number of skills and services to offer including vaccination, contraception, and UTI. Negative experiences or inadequately trained professionals are a big reason why the LGBTQIA+ community does not seek medical care. As pharmacists you can help the community when they are looking for clues in your space to assure them it is a safe and inclusive care environment.
This session will help participants build and understanding of the barriers and facilitators to queer inclusive pharmacy care.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Recognise LGBTQIA+ history in Australia and its impact on community health.
2. Describe appropriate terminology and language used in LGBTQIA+ communities.
3. Discuss the role for pharmacists in providing inclusive healthcare.
Competency standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4
Speakers
Prof Lisa Nissen
Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre For Business And Economics Of Health - UQ
The University of Queensland
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Biography
Professor Lisa Nissen is Program Director for Health Workforce Optimisation, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland. She has been a health practitioner, leader, educator, researcher, and implementation scientist in Australia for more than 25 years. Lisa’s research has led to major health system change, including the introduction of immunisation services by pharmacists throughout Australia and implementation of prescribing competencies and frameworks for health professionals nationally. More recently she led a Queensland team who implemented pharmacists’ treatment for Uncomplicated urinary Tract Infections. Her focus is on health service optimisation including scope of practice and Quality Use of Medicines. She is a Fellow of the both the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
A/Prof Jean Spinks
Senior Research Fellow
The University Of Queensland
Does the pharmacy profession get a rainbow tick?
Biography
Dr Jean Spinks is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, the University of Queensland. She is trained as a health economist, pharmacist and a health systems researcher and has an increasing focus on health workforce issues in primary care. She also applies economic principles to achieve better population health outcomes from medicines use in primary care. She is currently co-leading an MRFF funded project “Activating pharmacists to reduce medication related problems: The ACTMed stepped wedge randomised controlled trial” which is being undertaken with partner organisations including PSA, Brisbane South PHN and NACCHO. Other projects include the development, implementation and evaluation of an Indigenous Medication Review Service (IMeRSe), the Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot – Queensland (UTIPP-Q), and culturally safe LGBTQIA+ care pathways. She has published in the areas of medicines pricing, pharmacy workforce, complementary medicine use and the disposal of unwanted medicines. She is also a member of the Economic Sub-Commitee (ESC) of PBAC.
