Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Published:2024-07-24 Issue:1 Volume:17 Page:
ISSN:2052-3211
Container-title:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Author:

Abiri Onome Thomas¹^ORCID,Lawal Shakiratu²,Coker Joshua³,Russell James Baligeh Walter³^ORCID,Kamara Ibrahim Franklyn⁴^ORCID,Sesay N’falie Ibrahim⁵,Kanu Joseph Sam⁶^ORCID,Turay Foday Umaro⁷^ORCID,Lahai Michael⁷,Carter Henry Edward Clarence⁸,Bawoh Mohamed¹^ORCID,Samai Mohamed¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

2. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

3. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

4. Reproductive Maternal Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Universal Health Coverage/Life Course Cluster, World Health Organisation Country Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone

5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex, Freetown, Sierra Leone

6. Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

7. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

8. Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/20523211.2024.2380874

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