The overall objective of this NIDA-funded study (R03 DA55783) is to assess the (1) extent to which medicine disposal boxes have been implemented in pharmacies across the United States, (2) accessibility of disposal boxes to diverse community members, and (3) determinants of implementation.
To achieve this objective, we are pursuing two specific aims: (1) generate prevalence estimates of medicine disposal box implementation in United States pharmacies and examine place-based health disparities in implementation, and (2) examine determinants of pharmacy-based disposal box implementation using the Consolidated Framework For Implementation Research (CFIR).
The study findings will advance the understanding of inequities in and determinants of disposal box implementation at pharmacies and pave the way for comparative efficacy studies.
