Impacts of a Medical-Legal Partnership on Clinical Capacity to Address Social Determinants of Health

Description

This study examines the impact of a medical-legal partnership (MLP) on providers’ ability to address social determinants of health (SDOH) needs and to reduce clinician stress. A 16-question survey was emailed to 532 providers in a health system in South Carolina. The survey assessed clinicians’ perception of their role in addressing SDOH needs, the MLP’s impact on their clinical capacity, and the MLP’s ability to remedy patient SDOH needs. Providers who had referred to the MLP indicated higher levels of agreement that SDOH screenings were part of their clinical responsibility and had higher levels of agreement regarding comfort levels for completing SDOH screenings. Geriatric providers reported higher levels of agreement that the MLP reduced clinician stress than pediatric providers. Findings were published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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Authors

• Kara Davis

• Melissa L Fair

• Catie Buckingham

• Hannah McKinnon

• Laurie Theriot Roley

• Kerry Sease