This public engagement project is being completed in collaboration with the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board (principal public partner), the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, the Department of Health and Community Services (Health Transformation), and the Upstream Lab.

 

We will engage patients/citizens, health professionals, and other public partners in deliberative dialogues on the topic of community pharmacist screening for social determinants of health (SDoH) in NL.

 

We are interested in leveraging the unique frontline position of community pharmacists to screen for the SDoH using the SPARK Tool—a tool developed and validated by the Upstream Lab (University of Toronto) that supports primary care providers in screening for poverty and related social determinants.

 

The knowledge and perspectives of public partners will help to identify needs, gaps, and opportunities as well as considerations for implementation and evaluation of the initiative.