Identifying and Treating a Substandard Housing Cluster Using a Medical-Legal Partnership

Journal Article
Written By NCMLP

Description

This article examines how a pediatric-based medical-legal partnership in Cincinnati, Ohio, identified and treated a cluster of 16 substandard housing units. Of the 45 children living in those units, 36 percent had asthma, 33 percent had developmental delay or behavioral disorder, and 9 percent had an elevated lead level. The MLP was able to make repairs to the majority of the units and improve home environmental conditions for these children. The findings were published in the Pediatrics.

 

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Authors

  • Andrew F. Beck, MD

  • Melissa D. Klein, MD

  • Joshua K. Schaffzin, MD

  • Virginia Tallent, JD

  • Marcheta Gillam, JD

  • Robert S. Kahn, MD

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