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.
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
