UAMS, Mitchell’s Main Street Pharmacy Partner to Provide Community Health Worker in Stone County
| FAYETTEVILLE – Trevor Crymes, of Mountain View, was hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Mitchell’s Main Street Pharmacy to help people in Stone County navigate the health care system.
As an embedded community health worker, Crymes is available to answer basic health care questions and provide education and resources to the public. Community health workers work within their communities to help the public get the care they need and answer essential health care-related questions, such as when someone should see a doctor. They can also provide valuable information about vaccines.
“We are so pleased to work with Trevor to provide the people of Stone County with a new resource as we enter the next, and hopefully final, stage of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stephanie Kruger, associate director of Community Programs in the UAMS Office of Community Health & Research. “We’re also excited to work with Mitchell’s Main Street Pharmacy and the Stone County community as we work to create a better state of health for all people in Arkansas.”
Crymes has worked with Mitchell’s Pharmacy for three years as a licensed pharmacy technician. As a community health worker, he will be able to provide the Stone County community an additional resource as community members work to achieve their best health, providing guidance related to disease prevention and treatment, medication and treatment, and vaccines.
“My goal as a community health worker is to work alongside medical providers and the pharmacy to help provide better health care to our community,” Crymes said. “I hope to be a liaison in our health care community for people or families who need that extra help or knowledge about their treatment.”
Mitchell’s Main Street Pharmacy is located at 214 E. Main St., in Mountain View, and is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. To contact Crymes or the pharmacy with health- or vaccine-related questions, call 870-269-3253.
For more information about the UAMS Community Health Worker project, visit nwa.uams.edu/chr/chw. For more information about COVID-19, including resources, mobile vaccine events and education, visit nwa.uams.edu/covid.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $9,892,799 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources.
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