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A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States
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 medic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32978741 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01088-1 |
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author | League, Avery Donato, Katharine M. Sheth, Nima Selden, Elizabeth Patel, Sheetal Cooper, Laurie Ball Mendenhall, Emily |
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description | 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 English between 2010 and 2019; required discussion about a direct partnership between medical and legal professionals; and focused on providing clinical care and legal services to im/migrant populations. Eighteen articles met our inclusion criteria. The most common form of partnership was a model in which legal clinics make regular referrals to medical clinics, although the reverse was also common. Most services were not co-located. Partnerships often engaged in advocacy work, provided translation services, and referred clients to non-medical providers and legal services. This review demonstrates the benefits of a legal-medical partnership, such as enhancing documentation and care for im/migrants and facilitating a greater attention to political determinants of health. Yet, this review demonstrates that, despite the increasing salience of such partnership, few have written up their lessons learned and best practices. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10903-020-01088-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-75183992020-09-28 A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States League, Avery Donato, Katharine M. Sheth, Nima Selden, Elizabeth Patel, Sheetal Cooper, Laurie Ball Mendenhall, Emily J Immigr Minor Health Review Paper 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 English between 2010 and 2019; required discussion about a direct partnership between medical and legal professionals; and focused on providing clinical care and legal services to im/migrant populations. Eighteen articles met our inclusion criteria. The most common form of partnership was a model in which legal clinics make regular referrals to medical clinics, although the reverse was also common. Most services were not co-located. Partnerships often engaged in advocacy work, provided translation services, and referred clients to non-medical providers and legal services. This review demonstrates the benefits of a legal-medical partnership, such as enhancing documentation and care for im/migrants and facilitating a greater attention to political determinants of health. Yet, this review demonstrates that, despite the increasing salience of such partnership, few have written up their lessons learned and best practices. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10903-020-01088-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer US 2020-09-25 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7518399/ /pubmed/32978741 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01088-1 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Paper League, Avery Donato, Katharine M. Sheth, Nima Selden, Elizabeth Patel, Sheetal Cooper, Laurie Ball Mendenhall, Emily A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title | A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title_full | A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title_short | A Systematic Review of Medical-Legal Partnerships Serving Immigrant Communities in the United States |
title_sort | systematic review of medical-legal partnerships serving immigrant communities in the united states |
topic | Review Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7518399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32978741 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01088-1 |
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