Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services - Volume 2
- 1st Edition - August 3, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Aleda M. H. Chen, Shane P. Desselle, Victoria Garcia Cardenas, Parisa Aslani, Timothy F. Chen, Fernanda Stumpf Tonin
- Language: English
Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services, Volume Two is an essential resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of pharmaceutical science. Buildi… Read more
Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services, Volume Two is an essential resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of pharmaceutical science. Building on the groundbreaking work published in the esteemed journals Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP) and Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP), this volume addresses the critical need for comprehensive and structured methodologies in evaluating and implementing pharmacy services. By transforming selected articles into fully developed chapters, the book enriches the discourse surrounding contemporary research methods, making it an invaluable tool for advancing knowledge and practice.
The volume features a diverse array of chapters that cover a wide range of topics, including the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to evaluate telepharmacy services for outpatient cancer patients, the translation and validation of adherence measurement tools, and the application of network analysis in health code systems. Other notable contributions explore innovative strategies for improving clinical pharmacy services, conducting scoping reviews in pharmacy education, and employing mixed-methods approaches to enhance medication counseling.
The volume features a diverse array of chapters that cover a wide range of topics, including the use of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to evaluate telepharmacy services for outpatient cancer patients, the translation and validation of adherence measurement tools, and the application of network analysis in health code systems. Other notable contributions explore innovative strategies for improving clinical pharmacy services, conducting scoping reviews in pharmacy education, and employing mixed-methods approaches to enhance medication counseling.
- Provides lessons learned from the actual implementation of the methods being described
- Illustrates the outcomes of each method implementation, including strengths and limitations
- Describes method specific utility and drawbacks in comparison to other methodological approaches
Academicians and researchers in pharmacy and health services.
1. Use of CFIR to evaluate implementation of services: The case of telepharmacy for outpatients with cancer
2. Translation, transcultural adaptation, and validation of instruments for use in alternative languages: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the general medication adherence scale (GMAS) as one example
3. Revisiting time-and-motion studies: Comparing nursing medication rounds before and after implementation of automated dispensing cabinets
4. A hybrid-effectiveness type I study to evaluate redispensing of unused oral anticancer drugs
5. Considerations for conducting a scoping review in pharmacy education
6. Using network analysis modularity to group health code systems and decrease dimensionality in machine learning models
7. Observational retrospective cohorts studies: Primary care pharmacist-led medication review
8. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of the collaboration among healthcare professionals in the nursing home setting
9. Development of a new clinical prioritisation tool to enhance clinical pharmacy services
10. Theory-informed strategies to address factors anticipated to influence patient participation in community pharmacy-based diabetes prevention services
11. Effectiveness and cost analysis of methods used to recruit older adult sedative users to a deprescribing randomized controlled trial
12. A mixed methods approach to discern challenges encountered by pharmacy staff in using prescription medication labels during medication counselling
13. Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: The Granada Statements
14. Development of an evaluation framework for health information communication technology in contemporary pharmacy practice
15. Rationalising Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia (RAPID) complex intervention: A mixed-methods feasibility intervention study
16. “Treat us as a person”: A narrative inquiry of experiences and expectations of interactions with pharmacists and pharmacy staff among people who are transgender
17. Use of ‘Pharmaceutical services’ Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in articles assessing pharmacists' interventions
18. Availability and use of number needed to treat (NNT) based decision aids for pharmaceutical interventions
19. Using journey mapping to understand the patient experience with selecting a Medicare part D plan using a pharmacy consultation service
20. Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice
21. Methodological quality and risk of bias of meta-analyses of pharmacy services: A systematic review
22. Evaluating the use of prescription sequence symmetry analysis as a pharmacovigilance tool: A scoping review
23. Application and utility of geographic information systems in pharmacy specific health research: A scoping review
24. The importance of using standardized terminology in titles and abstracts of pharmacy practice articles
25. Methodological - Theoretical approach to phenomenological studies on the experience of medication use: A systematic review
26. Multidisciplinary DEprescribing review for Frail oldER adults in long-term care (DEFERAL): Implementation strategy design using behaviour science tools and stakeholder engagement
27. Back to the basics: Guidance for formulating good research questions
28. Empowering patients as co-researchers in social pharmacy: Lessons learned and practical tips for meaningful partnership and impact
29. Back to the basics: Guidance for designing good literature searches
30. In pursuit of credibility: Evaluating the divergence between member-checking and hermeneutic phenomenology
31. A Goffmanian analysis of impact of unclear professional identity and role negotiation of pharmacists in primary care: A multiple case study
32. Development of the Guide to Disseminating Research (GuiDiR): A consolidated framework
33. Is it time to stop counting on saturation in pharmacy research? Ideas for a new way forward
2. Translation, transcultural adaptation, and validation of instruments for use in alternative languages: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the general medication adherence scale (GMAS) as one example
3. Revisiting time-and-motion studies: Comparing nursing medication rounds before and after implementation of automated dispensing cabinets
4. A hybrid-effectiveness type I study to evaluate redispensing of unused oral anticancer drugs
5. Considerations for conducting a scoping review in pharmacy education
6. Using network analysis modularity to group health code systems and decrease dimensionality in machine learning models
7. Observational retrospective cohorts studies: Primary care pharmacist-led medication review
8. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of the collaboration among healthcare professionals in the nursing home setting
9. Development of a new clinical prioritisation tool to enhance clinical pharmacy services
10. Theory-informed strategies to address factors anticipated to influence patient participation in community pharmacy-based diabetes prevention services
11. Effectiveness and cost analysis of methods used to recruit older adult sedative users to a deprescribing randomized controlled trial
12. A mixed methods approach to discern challenges encountered by pharmacy staff in using prescription medication labels during medication counselling
13. Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: The Granada Statements
14. Development of an evaluation framework for health information communication technology in contemporary pharmacy practice
15. Rationalising Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia (RAPID) complex intervention: A mixed-methods feasibility intervention study
16. “Treat us as a person”: A narrative inquiry of experiences and expectations of interactions with pharmacists and pharmacy staff among people who are transgender
17. Use of ‘Pharmaceutical services’ Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in articles assessing pharmacists' interventions
18. Availability and use of number needed to treat (NNT) based decision aids for pharmaceutical interventions
19. Using journey mapping to understand the patient experience with selecting a Medicare part D plan using a pharmacy consultation service
20. Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice
21. Methodological quality and risk of bias of meta-analyses of pharmacy services: A systematic review
22. Evaluating the use of prescription sequence symmetry analysis as a pharmacovigilance tool: A scoping review
23. Application and utility of geographic information systems in pharmacy specific health research: A scoping review
24. The importance of using standardized terminology in titles and abstracts of pharmacy practice articles
25. Methodological - Theoretical approach to phenomenological studies on the experience of medication use: A systematic review
26. Multidisciplinary DEprescribing review for Frail oldER adults in long-term care (DEFERAL): Implementation strategy design using behaviour science tools and stakeholder engagement
27. Back to the basics: Guidance for formulating good research questions
28. Empowering patients as co-researchers in social pharmacy: Lessons learned and practical tips for meaningful partnership and impact
29. Back to the basics: Guidance for designing good literature searches
30. In pursuit of credibility: Evaluating the divergence between member-checking and hermeneutic phenomenology
31. A Goffmanian analysis of impact of unclear professional identity and role negotiation of pharmacists in primary care: A multiple case study
32. Development of the Guide to Disseminating Research (GuiDiR): A consolidated framework
33. Is it time to stop counting on saturation in pharmacy research? Ideas for a new way forward
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- Published: August 3, 2026
- Language: English
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Aleda M. H. Chen
Aleda M. H. Chen, PharmD, MS, PhD, FAPhA, Professor and Associate Dean at Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. Dual-Title Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy Practice and Gerontology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Aug 2011.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Associate Dean, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH, USASD
Shane P. Desselle
Shane Desselle is a Professor at Touro University California and president of Applied Pharmacy Solutions. His research skills include psychometric scaling, including the use of interval and ratio scaling procedures; competency in the use of instruments to measure quality-of-life and outcomes, including the SF-36 and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire; secondary data analysis-including NAMCS and state Medicaid; a wide variety of methodologies including unobtrusive observation, content analysis, survey questionnaires, and personal interview.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Social/Behavior Pharmacy, Touro University California, USAVC
Victoria Garcia Cardenas
Victoria Garcia Cardenas is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Technology Sydney. Her teaching and research interests encompass different aspects of pharmacy practice such as medication adherence, the evaluation and implementation of professional pharmacy services and practice change in community pharmacy. She has published over 40 papers in refereed journals, six major research reports and presented and co-authored 40 conference presentations. Victoria is currently involved in five national and international research projects for the evaluation and implementation of professional services in community pharmacy.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaPA
Parisa Aslani
Prof. Parisa Aslani, PhD, BPharm (Hons), MSc, G Cert Ed Stud (Higher Ed), is a Professor in Medicines Use Optimisation at The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy. Parisa has been a researcher and educator in the field of consumer medicine information and adherence for nearly 30 years. Her areas of research interest include health and medicines information, health literacy, medication adherence and cognitive pharmaceutical services.
Prof. Aslani is currently the Deputy Head of School and Director of Academic Career Development at the School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney. She is a fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), currently a FIP Vice President, and Immediate Past President of the Health and Medicines Information Section. Prof. Aslani was the Chair of the 81st FIP World Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress 2023 held in Brisbane, Australia. She is also a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaTC
Timothy F. Chen
Timothy Chen is a Professor of Medication Management at The University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Timothy Chen is nationally and internationally renowned for his research in medication review and strategies to reduce medication related harm. His research has informed significant practice change, through the implementation of the Commonwealth Government funded Home Medicines Review (HMR) program, provided by pharmacists and GPs. He currently leads a large and productive research team including supervision of PhD, Masters and Honours candidates.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medication Management, The University of Sydney, AustraliaFT
Fernanda Stumpf Tonin
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) and PhD in Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (Portugal) (2019). Distinguished Professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada - Spain. Integrated Researcher at H&TRC (Health & Technology Research Center, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa), Lisbon - Portugal. Senior Researcher of the National Research Group in Health Technology Assessment (NATS UFPR, REBRATS, Brazil). Vice-chair of the Pharmacy Practice Research Special Interest Group (SIG), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). Associate Editor of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP). HEOR and Market Access Consultant (healthcare products and services), providing support for evidence synthesis (systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis, pharmacoeconomic evaluations), clinical research, medical writing and technical-scientific translations.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Granada, Spain