Community Pharmacies as Social Determinant of Health Navigators
ConditionSocial Needs Status
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo
About this trial
Type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a quasi-experimental, difference-in-difference (DID) design to deliver a comprehensive social needs screening and navigation program by integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) into community pharmacies across under-resourced areas in Western New York (WNY).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult subjects ≥ 18 years
English speaking
Presenting to one of the participating pharmacies. For the pharmacies to be included, they must be enrolled within the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network - NY (CPESN-NY) or associated with Tops Pharmacies. The pharmacies must have the ability to collaborate with Healthelink and referring partners (e.g., Wellconnected) and the staffing capacity to have a SDoH screening program with Community Health Worker Training. The pharmacies' physical address must be located within Erie County
Disqualifiers
Subjects ≤ 18 years
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Social needs screenings and referrals
Treatment groups
1,600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
State University of New York at Buffalo
Lead sponsor
CPESN-NY Pharmacies
Collaborator
Tops Pharmacies
Collaborator
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov