Examining the impact of medical legal partnerships in improving outcomes on the HIV care continuum: rationale, design and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past two decades, we have seen a nationwide increase in the use of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) to address health disparities affecting vulnerable populations. These partnerships increase medical teams' capacity to address social and environmental threats to patients' health, such as unsafe housing conditions, through partnership with legal professionals. Despite expansions in the use of MLP care models in health care settings, the health outcomes efficacy of MLPs has yet to be examined, particularly for complex chronic conditions such as HIV.

Methods

This on-going mixed-methods study utilizes institutional case study and intervention mapping methodologies to develop an HIV-specific medical legal partnership logic model. Up-to-date, the organizationa

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Laboy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864982 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature