Medical-Legal Partnership and Healthy Start: Integrating Civil Legal Aid Services into Public Health Advocacy

Journal Article
Written By NCMLP

Description

This article in the Journal of Legal Medicine details a pilot that integrated legal services into a federally-funded Healthy Start program intensive home visiting model. MLPs in the pilot delivered legal assistance to patients, provided training to increase healthcare workforce capacity, and tackled systemic problems at a policy level. Through case consultations and trainings, case managers and staff reported an increase in both knowledge and ability to advocate on behalf of their patient-clients.

 

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Authors

  • Daniel Atkins

  • Shannon Mace Heller

  • Elena DeBartolo

  • Megan Sandel

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