Expanding the UTHealth Medical Legal Partnership to Improve Mental Health for Low-Income Individuals
Status
Completed
Conditions
Health-harming Legal Needs
Treatments
Behavioral: Medical Legal Partnership
Behavioral: Usual Care
Details and patient eligibility
About
The aim of this study is to test whether participation of low-income patients with health-harming legal needs (HHLNs) in a medical legal partnership (MLP) results in improved mental health, improved quality of life, reduced utilization, and increased resolution of HHLNs.
Enrollment
160 patients
Sex
All
Ages
18+ years old
Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- low-income individuals (Low-income is defined as earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level)
- individuals with HHLNs
- English or Spanish speaking
Exclusion criteria
- self-identified as being at significant and immediate risk due to HHLNs (e.g., a situation that involves imminent risk to the patient such as domestic violence)
Trial design
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open label)
160 participants in 2 patient groups
Medical Legal Partnership
Experimental group
Description:
With the medical legal partnership, lawyers are embedded in clinics, and lawyers consult with patients who are identified as having health-harming legal needs (HHLNs). This arm will also receive usual care, which includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Medical Legal Partnership
Behavioral: Usual Care
Usual Care
Active Comparator group
Description:
Usual care includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Usual Care
Trial contacts and locations
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