AIHP JOURNAL ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY PHARMACY SPECIAL ISSUE
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Call for Papers: “Within and Beyond the Pharmacy as Corner Store”
Madison, WI – The History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals (HoPP) is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue titled “Within and Beyond the Pharmacy as Corner Store.” This issue seeks to explore the multifaceted roles of community pharmacies both in the US and globally, focusing on their business, practice, marketing, advertising, retailing, and consumption.
Community pharmacies, essential healthcare providers, have faced significant challenges in recent years, from pharmacist mental health fatigue to opioid litigation. This special issue aims to foster discussions across disciplines and geographies, addressing these and other issues affecting community pharmacies. This issue follows on the success of the recent Edward Kremers Seminar in the History of Pharmacy and Drugs, which featured a series of webinars.
The staff at AIHP and its flagship journal feel that understanding the history of community pharmacies is crucial for several reasons:
Public Health Access: Community pharmacies are often the most accessible healthcare providers, offering medications and advice without appointments. Studying their history highlights how these institutions have evolved in multiple ways to meet public health needs.
Economic Impact: The role of pharmacies in local economies and their transformation into chain stores can inform discussions on healthcare economics and business practices that have far-reaching implications.
Cultural Significance:Pharmacies are not just healthcare providers but also valuable social spaces. Their history reflects broader social changes, including shifts in gender roles, race relations, and class dynamics.
We invite scholars at all career stages to submit unpublished research based on primary sources. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Design and utility of community pharmacy spaces
Impact of gender, race, class, and age on pharmacy operations
Economic and cultural impact of chain store retailers
Marketing and advertising of pharmacy products
Stories behind pharmaceutical products
Professional lives of pharmacy staff
Submission Details:
Abstracts (max 300 words) and short bios (max 150 words) should be submitted by August 15, 2024.
May 9, 1960: A window display in a pharmacy window promoting summer merchandise. The caption reads: “Summer window at McClord’s Pharmacy, San Mateo, Cal. ties in bathing caps with suntan preparations. Dummy head and mounted packages emphasize caps; large placard pushes lotion. Drape creates solid backdrop for staggered rows of suntan preparations.” Courtesy of American Institute of the History of Pharmacy Drug Topics Photograph Collection
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AIHP Wants to Document Your COVID-19 Stories and Experiences
The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
You can participate in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project either (1) by immediately sharing your thoughts/experiences and/or submitting digital materials or (2) by signifying your to intention to submit materials in the future. Please comply with all applicable local or state stay-at-home orders while self-documenting.
Please click the link below to learn more about participating in the AIHP COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project.
Upcoming events of interest to historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields. (Event information current when posted. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please double-check the status of all events):
The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.