A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The medical-legal partnership addresses social and political determinants of health. Yet, relatively little is known about best practices for these two service providers collaborating to deliver integrated services, particularly to im/migrant communities. To investigate evaluations of existing medical-legal partnerships in order to understand how they function together, what they provide, and how they define and deliver equitable, integrated care. We searched five databases (PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, HeinOnline, and Nexus Uni) using search terms related to "medical-legal partnerships", "migrants", and "United States". We systematically evaluated ten themes related to how medical and legal teams interacted, were situated, organized, and who they served. Articles were published in Eng

SUBMITTER: League A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature