This project will use a community-led, action-oriented strategy to improve access to prescription medications on Chicago’s West and South Side by addressing the wicked problem of pharmacy closures at the patient and population levels.
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LocationChicago, Illinois
Focus Areas Community Impact- A Tale of Two States: Pharmacists as Leaders
- Toolkit for a Community-Led Response to Pharmacy Closures in Chicago
- ‘Pharmacy Deserts’ a Growing Health Concern in Chicago, Experts, Residents Say
- A Wave of Closures Has Left Some Neighborhoods in a “Pharmacy Desert”
- Access to Pharmacies Increasingly Difficult on South, West Sides
- Dr. Shannon Zenk Selected as Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
- Prescription Drugs May Be Contributing to Depression
- UIC Researchers to Address Pharmacy Deserts, Closures in Chicago
- Where Did All the Corner Drug Stores Go? Areas Lose Easy Access to Medicine