About Us
IPSF would like to invite you to a Healthy Living and Diabetes Campaign. We aim to encourage all pharmacy students worldwide to become proactively involved to increase awareness among health professionals as well as the public, for healthy lifestyle in the prevention and care of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, while preserving their role as medication experts.
Why is this an important issue for Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists?
As a key player in providing primary health care to the public, pharmacists are in the ideal position to act within the realms of preventative medicine and education, in order to ensure that the community is aware of all risks associated with diabetes. Promoting a healthy lifestyle is fundamental, and in some instances this may also include pharmaceutical care intervention. In this case, the pharmacist is in the perfect position to combine their knowledge of medication with non-pharmaceutical aspects of patient care. Pharmacists are often the most accessible and most visited health care professionals within the patient care community, and must use this position to positively influence patients who may not otherwise seek help for their current or foreseeable health concerns.
Goals of the Campaign
- To increase awareness of the role of healthy lifestyle in prevention and care of diabetes
- To encourage pro-active rather than re-active health promotion
- To further involve pharmacy students and pharmacists into the prevention and care of diabetes in a multi-disciplinary environment
The purpose of this database is to provide students with the latest news and resources, so that they can be empowered to start their own campaign. This page is updated regularly and we encourage the exchange of campaign ideas, resources and experiences through our posting option.
We hope that you find the information here useful.
Happy campaigning!