Social Needs Status
Conditions
Keywords
Social Determinants of Health, Community Pharmacies
Brief summary
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).
Interventions
OTHERSocial needs screenings and referrals
Community pharmacies will distribute social needs screening surveys to patients and refer them to local community based organizations based off of identified needs.
Sponsors
CPESN-NY Pharmacies
Tops Pharmacies
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
State University of New York at Buffalo
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This is a single intervention group with a matched control group with a local health information exchange.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Effectiveness Outcomes | 12 months | Primary effectiveness outcomes in composite healthcare utilization including hospital admissions and ED visits at 12 months, and we hypothesize that utilization will be reduced in subjects who receive a pharmacy social needs intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cost Analysis | 12 months | We will calculate interventions costs combined with cost savings from reduced utilization to calculate the net costs from a health system perspective. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactDavid Jacobs
Backup ContactChristopher Daly
Outcome results
None listed