| Title |
The policy-practice gap: describing discordances between regulation on paper and real-life practices among specialized drug shops in Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-394 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Francis Wafula, Timothy Abuya, Abdinasir Amin, Catherine Goodman |
| Abstract |
Specialized drug shops (SDSs) are popular in Sub-Saharan Africa because they provide convenient access to medicines. There is increasing interest in how policymakers can work with them, but little knowledge on how their operation relates to regulatory frameworks. This study sought to describe characteristics and predictors of regulatory practices among SDSs in Kenya. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 20 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 21% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 11 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 23 | 34% |
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