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BACK UP YOUR BIRTH CONTROL CAMPAIGN On March 20, 2006, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. began carrying Plan B ® contraceptives. Wal-Mart, however, will maintain its conscientious objection policy which, except where prohibited by law, allows any Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club pharmacy associate who does not feel comfortable dispensing a prescription to refer customers to another pharmacist or pharmacy. The Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Activism on March 20, 2007, presents a unique opportunity to mobilize our activists to verify that Wal-Mart has made good on its policy to stock EC at all of its pharmacies nationwide, to ensure that its pharmacists plan to dispense Plan B ® to patients, and to thank Wal-Mart for taking action on this important women’s health care issue by expanding access to EC for thousands of women across the country. This packet contains all of the information you will need to conduct your Wal-Mart visit, including:Wal-Mart visit survey tips, the Wal-Mart survey script and the Wal-Mart survey tracking form. Survey Tips: How to Conduct a Wal-Mart Visit • Locate your local Wal-Mart store by using the store locater at www.walmart.com. Wal-Mart’spolicy impacts only those Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club stores with pharmacies on-site, so be sure thelocation you plan to visit has a pharmacy. • Review the Wal-Mart visit materials, follow the Survey Script to administer the survey, record yourresults on the Tracking Form and then log-in to www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org to submit your results. (Of course, if mailing or faxing is easier, feel free to send your results that way!) • If you encounter a pharmacist who refuses to follow the Wal-Mart policy to stock or dispense EC based on stated personal beliefs, please be respectful of the pharmacist, thank him or her for theirtime, and leave behind a Wal-Mart Mandate to Stock Letter. Be courteous at all times, we want this to be a positive, pro-active campaign that avoids heated political, religious, or moral debates with pharmacists. • Knowledge may not be uniform among pharmacy staff. A pharmacist may not know what EC is, beaware of the new EC mandate, or realize there is a demand for EC. Clerks and technicians are oftenthe staff that patient’s first encounter and ask questions of. Encourage pharmacists to talk to their staff and leave behind a Wal-Mart Mandate to Stock Letter.
Wal-Mart Survey Script Ask to speak to the pharmacist first, but if the pharmacist is not available, survey the pharmacy clerk ortechnician. INTRO: Hi, my name is _______. Right now, women around the country are visiting their local Wal-Mart pharmacy to talk to pharmacists about emergency contraception as part of the Back Up Your Birth Control Campaign. Do you have a couple of minutes to answer a few questions? 1. Do you stock Plan B® (a.k.a. “the morning-after pill” or emergency contraception)?
2. Will you and your colleagues dispense Plan B® at this pharmacy?
3. Are you aware that as of March 20 2006, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. confirmed that all ofits pharmacies will begin carrying Plan B® contraceptives?
4. What is the reason you are not yet stocking Plan B®, as dictated by Wal-Mart’s own policy?
5. At the end of your discussion with the pharmacist, ask when s/he plans to begin stocking EC, based on the information you have shared.
Date of visit: __________________Volunteer Name: ____________________________
Days/Hours of Operation: _________________________________________________________________ Did You Speak With (check one): 1. Does the pharmacy stock Plan B? (check one) Yes / No
2. Will the pharmacist and his or her colleagues
dispense Plan B® at this pharmacy? Yes/No 3. Is the pharmacist aware of the Wal-Mart EC mandate? Yes/No
4. If they are not stocking, why not? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5.When will the pharmacist begin stocking EC, and how long will it take to order? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Please visit www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org
to submit the results of your Wal-Mart survey. |