Justice in Health? Studying the Role of Legal Support in a Culturally Responsive Mental Health Service in Australia.

ABSTRACT: Health Justice Partnerships (HJPs) are collaborations across law, health, and social care seeking more equitable health outcomes. This article aims to explore an HJP embedded within a culturally responsive mental health service in Australia for people who are culturally and racially marginalized (CARM). We draw on data produced for an evaluation of this service between August and November 2022 to conduct a reflexive thematic analysis. Thinking conceptually with the social determinants of health and intersectionality operationalized as structural, political, and representational, we present findings from individual and group interviews with 16 service users and 37 service providers. First, we describe the variety of legal issues service providers and service users encounter and how they aff

SUBMITTER: Plage S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11967093 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature