Barriers and facilitators for integration of guidelines on operating health shops: a case of family planning services

This study aimed to inform future improved implementation of these guidelines by examining the current acceptability of guidelines within the Zambian health system, especially in relation to family planning services. This study did data collection through documentary review, key informant interviews with district pharmacists, staff from ZAMRA and in-depth interviews. This study concludes that in addition to training, facilitating the acceptability of the guidelines among health shop owners requires paying attention to operational issues such as location, ownership of the shop, size of infrastructure as well as financial costs of implementing guidelines through decentralizing the registration process and thus reducing the cost of registration.

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Zulu, J. M, Doreen S, Zubin C. S, Geetanjali L, George S, Charles M, Chileshe H. M, Wesely M, Cecilia M, and Malizgani P. C. Barriers and facilitators for integration of guidelines on operating health shops: a case of family planning services. J of Pharm Policy and Pract 14, 87 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00337-4