Community Pharmacies as Social Determinant of Health Navigators (SDoH)

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Social Needs Status

Treatments: Other: Social needs screenings and referrals

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07278401

UM1TR005296 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

8733

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Enrollment: 1,600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects ≤ 18 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,600 participants in 2 patient groups

Social needs screenings control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Individuals within the same healthcare system that are matched based on similar characteristics.

Social needs screenings and referrals participants

Other group

Description:

Patients who have been identified to have needs via the screening survey who are referred to a community based organization by the pharmacist navigator.

Treatment:

Other: Social needs screenings and referrals