Barnes, Joanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-8433
Sheridan, Jane L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0312-3095
Dong, Christine Yang
Härmark, Linda http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-9298
Vohra, Sunita
Harrison-Woolrych, Mira
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Auckland (3706858)
Article History
First Online: 28 June 2020
Declarations
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: JB was the principal investigator for this research, conceived and designed the study and its tools and processes, wrote the grant application, obtained ethics approval, contributed to data analysis, supervised and had overall responsibility for all aspects of the work and wrote the paper. JLS assisted with study design, qualitative data analysis and project supervision. MH-W contributed to writing an earlier version of the grant application, study and tools design and advised on MAAC criteria. SV and LH contributed to tools design. CYD undertook quantitative data cleaning, validation and analysis and contributed to data interpretation. All authors contributed to writing the paper.
: This work was supported by a University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund grant (number: 3706858) to JB (principal investigator) and JLS (co-investigator).
: JB has received fees, honoraria and travel expenses from the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand for preparation and delivery of continuing education material on CMs for pharmacists (2013, 2015); has provided consultancy to the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand on Code of Ethics statements on CMs (unpaid) and competence standards (paid); was a member of the New Zealand Ministry of Health Natural Health Products (NHPs) Regulations Subcommittee on the Permitted Substances List (2016–2017); and leads the Herbal and Traditional Medicines Special Interest Group, and the Western Pacific region chapter, of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance. JB is a registered pharmacist (academic) in NZ and has a personal viewpoint that supports regulation for CMs. JB has undertaken other research exploring pharmacists’ views on and experiences with CMs, supported by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), the New Zealand Pharmacy Education and Research Fund and the University of Auckland. JB and JLS are senior members of staff at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy, are members of a School of Pharmacy committee alongside a member of the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand and have other interactions with individuals in senior positions in the pharmacy profession. The School of Pharmacy has strategic relationships with several pharmacy organisations and receives support in various forms, such as sponsorship of student events and guest lectures given by individuals from those organisations. JB has received assistance (non-financial) from Green Cross Health Ltd in contacting its pharmacies and customers with respect to invitations to participate in research studies. JB was the principal author of a reference textbook on CMs and, at that time, received royalties in respect of sales of that publication from Pharmaceutical Press, the publishing arm of the RPSGB. JLS is a registered pharmacist (non-practising) in NZ and has a personal viewpoint that supports regulation for CMs. JLS has been involved in other research exploring pharmacists’ views on and experiences with CMs, supported by the University of Auckland. JLS has or has had personal investment portfolios that may include shares, stock and/or bonds in online general retailers and retail outlets that sell NHPs. She may have or have had indirect exposure to NHP investments through managed bundle financial investment funds and the university superannuation scheme, over which she has no control. CYD, LH, SV and MH-W have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available as this is outside the terms of the ethics approval.
: The University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee approved the Ginkgo and NHP-Lite studies for 3 years on 18 April 2015 (reference number: 013654) and 7 March 2016 (reference number: 016743), respectively.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All authors consent to publication of this paper.
: Not applicable.