International Evidence on the Impact of Health-Justice Partnerships: A Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Health-justice partnerships (HJPs) are collaborations between healthcare and legal services which support patients with social welfare issues such as welfare benefits, debt, housing, education and employment. HJPs exist across the world in a variety of forms and with diverse objectives. This review synthesizes the international evidence on the impacts of HJPs. Methods: A systematic scoping review of international literature was undertaken. A wide-ranging search was conducted across academic databases and grey literature sources, covering OECD countries from January 1995 to December 2018. Data from included publications were extracted and research quality was assessed. A narrative synthesis approach was used to analyze and present the results. Results: Repor

SUBMITTER: Beardon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113986 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature