The effectiveness of Participatory Drugstore Network on Standard Improvement of Drugstores in Chon Buri - ประสิทธิผลของการมีส่วนร่วมของเครือข่ายชมรมร้านขายยา ต่อการพัฒนามาตรฐานร้านขายยาแผนปัจจุบัน ในจังหวัดชลบุรี

Abstract

              Even the Pharmacy Council and Food and Drug Board had collectively developed standard criteria as a tool for a project on development and accreditation of pharmacy since 2003 not one single establishment in Chon Buri was qualified. Most were non-advocates. This survey of all 385 drugstores was to evaluate the effectiveness of participatory drugstore network in the accreditation process in Chon Buri based on a set of evaluation from collectively developed during January 2006-December 2007.

               In data analysis, descriptive statistics were employed, Participation of the drugstore network, and a pharmacist club was essential through the accreditation process not only on defining the standard criteria but also the consultative meetings, actual assessment and a series of improvement. Impressive advocacy could be observed as a number of pharmacies classified as excellent (scoring over 80%) increased from 57.2 percent at the beginning to 8.31 in the end Presently 7 pharmacies in that category were accredited by the Pharmacy Council with strong incentive from the network The participatory process is highly recommended in accreditation of other types of establishments.

Key words:      Participation, drugstore network, accredited pharmacy