Recruiting

Community Health Workers

Sponsor:

State University of New York at Buffalo

Code:

NCT07278401

Conditions

Social Needs Status

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Social needs screenings and referrals

Study Details

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).

Conditions

Social Needs Status

Study ID

NCT07278401

Start date

Oct 1, 2025

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

1600 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Screening

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Social needs screenings control group

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

other: Social needs screenings and referrals participants

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

Interventions

Social 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.

Primary outcome measure

  • Effectiveness Outcomes [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

David Jacobs

716-829-2134dmjacobs@buffalo.edu

Christopher Daly

716-645-2828cjdaly@buffalo.edu

Locations

Black Rock Pharmacy

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14207

Vital Pharmacy

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14213

Riverview Professional Pharmacy

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14226

Middleport Family Health Center

Recruiting

Middleport, New York, United States, 14105

Niagara Apothecary

Recruiting

Niagara Falls, New York, United States, 14304

More Information

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Last update posted

Dec 12, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Keywords

  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Community Pharmacies

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by State University of New York at Buffalo on 2025-12-12.