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J Immigr Minor Health ; 22(1): 212-215, 2020 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31332651

ABSTRACT

The United States (US) has experienced a surge of anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, raising concerns about the influence on health outcomes for immigrants living in the US. We conducted qualitative interviews (n = 20) with health care and social service providers, attorneys, and legal/policy experts in California to understand how agencies were maintaining access to HIV care and prevention for immigrant clients. We conducted a thematic analysis to describe the role of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) and document best practices. Informants reported high demand for legal services. Referrals were facilitated by case managers, medical providers, and pre-existing relationships between clinics and legal agencies. Informants identified a need for additional funding and further guidance on screening for and supporting patients with legal needs. MLPs have the capacity to create sustainable, efficient, comprehensive structural changes that minimize barriers to HIV prevention and treatment and improve health outcomes among immigrant populations.


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Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration , Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data , HIV Infections/therapy , Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration , Legal Services/organization & administration , Attitude of Health Personnel , California/epidemiology , Continuity of Patient Care/economics , HIV Infections/ethnology , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Health Personnel/organization & administration , Health Services Accessibility/economics , Humans , Interinstitutional Relations , Interviews as Topic , Legal Services/economics , Program Evaluation , Qualitative Research , Social Work/organization & administration , United States/epidemiology
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Rural Remote Health ; 17(2): 3975, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28441877

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: This article presents interim findings from research examining the implementation of a health justice partnership (HJP) focusing on the legal and health needs of regional young people. HJPs provide an innovative service model offering an integrated health and legal service for the community. HJPs are a relatively new service model for Australia, yet the program is well suited to meet the needs of particular population cohorts, including young people and those in regional locations experiencing complex legal issues. METHODS: Funded by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, an HJP in partnership with three organisations was established in a large regional area in Victoria, Australia. Research is being conducted alongside the program to examine its impact on young people, and the implications on practice for staff in the partner organisations. RESULTS: Findings provide preliminary support for the HJP model with a number of young people - from predominantly disadvantaged backgrounds and with varying legal issues - having been referred to the program in the first 6 months. Referrals were received from both partner agencies and external agencies. Initial client and staff survey responses indicate that the legal problem of the young people was affecting how they feel. CONCLUSIONS: While these findings provide preliminary support for the HJP further research will offer longer term insights about HJPs within the Australian context, particularly rural and regional settings.


Subject(s)
Cooperative Behavior , Legal Services/organization & administration , Rural Health Services/organization & administration , Adolescent , Awareness , Capacity Building/organization & administration , Early Medical Intervention/organization & administration , Female , Health Status , Humans , Male , Referral and Consultation/organization & administration , Victoria , Young Adult
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Acad Med ; 91(6): 761-5, 2016 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26445082

ABSTRACT

For too long, many stakeholders in the health care delivery system have ignored the extent to which social determinants of health (SDH) are inextricably woven into and affect individual and population health. The health care system is undergoing a relatively rapid transformation, which has included in part an increasing recognition of SDH's effects. This recognition, in turn, has led to renewed calls for changing the way that physicians are trained and has accelerated medical education curricular reforms. This Perspective focuses on one such innovative method of team-based care and the opportunities for its integration into medical education: medical-legal partnership, a health care delivery model that embeds civil legal services into the spectrum of health care services provided to low-income or otherwise vulnerable patients and communities.


Subject(s)
Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Interprofessional Relations , Legal Services/organization & administration , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Social Determinants of Health , Cooperative Behavior , Curriculum , Delivery of Health Care/ethics , Delivery of Health Care/methods , Education, Medical/ethics , Education, Medical/methods , Humans , Interprofessional Relations/ethics , Legal Services/ethics , Patient Care Team/ethics , United States
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Trauma Violence Abuse ; 17(5): 532-541, 2016 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25966969

ABSTRACT

The Family Justice Center (FJC) model is an approach to assisting survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) that focuses on integration of services under one roof and co-location of staff members from a range of multidisciplinary agencies. Even though the FJC model is touted as a best practice strategy to help IPV survivors, empirical support for the effectiveness of this approach is scarce. The current article consolidates this small yet promising body of empirically based literature in a clinically focused review. Findings point to the importance of integrating additional resources into the FJC model to engage IPV survivors who have ambivalent feelings about whether to accept help, leave the abusive relationship, and/or participate in criminal justice processes to hold the offender accountable. One such resource, motivational interviewing (MI), holds promise in aiding IPV survivors with these decisions, but empirical investigation into how MI can be incorporated into the FJC model has yet to be published. This article, therefore, also integrates the body of literature supporting the FJC model with the body of literature supporting MI with IPV survivors. Implications for practice, policy, and research are incorporated throughout this review.


Subject(s)
Crime Victims/legislation & jurisprudence , Intimate Partner Violence/legislation & jurisprudence , Legal Services/organization & administration , Motivational Interviewing/methods , Crime Victims/psychology , Female , Humans , Intimate Partner Violence/psychology , Male
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