Identifying Nutrition Risk in a Charitable Pharmacy Population

This study aimed to implement a dual-purpose screening tool to identify nutrition risk in a community setting, to characterize nutrition risk in a charitable pharmacy population, and to identify patients who screen positive for nutrition risk and connect them to community nutrition resources. Of the 221 patients screened during their initial and annual qualification interview at the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, 140 (63%) screened positive for nutrition risk. There were 84 (38%) patients positive for food insecurity, 14 (6%) positive for malnutrition risk, and 42 (19%) positive for both. Patients at nutrition risk were referred to nutrition resources, including food pantries, home-delivered meals, and SNAP.PMID:34421045 | DOI:10.1353/hpu.2021.0146
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research