Nicole Damestoy

TL;DR: Although community pharmacists think they should play a significant role in health promotion and prevention, they recognize a wide gap between their ideal and actual levels of involvement and the barriers to such involvement.

TL;DR: This study explored physicians' perceptions and attitudes and the decision-making process associated with prescribing psychotropic medications for elderly patients and called for an innovative approach to involve physicians in a multidisciplinary intervention strategy to examine the inappropriate use of psychotropic medication among elderly patients.

TL;DR: Attendance at a primary care physician workshop was associated with higher rates of osteoporosis medical practices for elderly women and high-risk men and women, however, osteopOrosis detection and treatment remained sub-optimal, particularly in men.

TL;DR: Although community pharmacists and public health authorities believe pharmacists should play a significant role with regard to osteoporosis and the risk of falls, they acknowledge a wide gap between the ideal and actual levels of pharmacist involvement.

TL;DR: Ces resultats suggerent la necessite de developper, pour the population generale and pour certains sous-groupes de personnes, des interventions efficaces visant a faciliter l'adoption of comportements securitaires lors d'activites nautiques et de plein air.