Beyond the Manuscript: Developing a Productive Workgroup Within a Community Coalition: Transtheoretical Model Processes, Stages of Change, and Lessons Learned

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, interviews Shearie Archer and Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, authors of "Developing a Productive Workgroup Within a Community Coalition: Transtheoretical Model Processes, Stages of Change, and Lessons Learned." Emily Blejwas: This is Emily Blejwas with the Gulf States Health Policy Center in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and I first just want to extend a huge thanks to Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling and Ms. Shearie Archer for joining me on the podcast today to talk about their paper. We'll just get started by having each of you introduce yourselves and your organizations. Just tell us a little bit about what kind of work your organization does. Shearie, do you want to start? Shearie Archer: Sure. My name is Shearie Archer and I'm the executive director of Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy. Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy is a 20-year-old standalone charitable free pharmacy that's located in Mobile, Alabama, and our primary purpose is to provide medication to uninsured individuals in our service area, which includes Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties. We have about 1,671 patients who rely on us to provide them with more than $20 million worth of medication a year, and these are individuals who lack access to basic health care. They can go to the emergency rooms or to the health department, but they often do not have enough money to pay for their medication.