Delivering Care to a City's Most Vulnerable Residents: A Harm Reduction Organization and Community Pharmacy Working Together to Reduce Health Disparities

This report describes a public-private partnership supported, in part, by federal 340B funds between a community pharmacy and a harm reduction organization. The partnership provides life-saving health care services within a neighborhood disproportionately affected by substance use, poverty, homeless...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2022-11, Vol.33 (5), p.202-208
Main Authors: Jessop, Amy B, Luu, Jimmy, Holbert, Rachel, Mazzella, Silvana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Harm Reduction
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons
Pharmacies
Social Problems
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
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Summary:This report describes a public-private partnership supported, in part, by federal 340B funds between a community pharmacy and a harm reduction organization. The partnership provides life-saving health care services within a neighborhood disproportionately affected by substance use, poverty, homelessness, and crime and may serve as a model for other communities in need.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2022.0169