Context Healthcare systems are experimenting increasingly with interventions to address
patients' social and economic needs. This systematic review examines how often and how …

More than 20% of children nationally live in poverty. Pediatric primary care practices are
critical points-of-contact for these patients and their families. Practices must consider risks …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A growing literature regarding the health consequences of social
risks, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, combined with increased adoption …

There is growing interest in the role of healthcare systems in addressing patients' social
needs. This is no surprise; evidence on the impact of social factors on population health is …

The US health care system needs effective tools to address complex social and
environmental issues that perpetuate health inequities, such as food insecurity, education …

Medical-legal partnerships—collaborations between legal professionals and health care
providers that help patients address civil legal problems that can affect health and well …

Over the past two decades, we have seen an increase in the use of medical-legal
partnerships (MLPs) in health-care and/or legal settings to address health disparities …

Background: Health-justice partnerships (HJPs) are collaborations between healthcare and
legal services which support patients with social welfare issues such as welfare benefits …

At our first community health center... chil-dren were dying from the combination of infectious
diarrhea and malnutrition... We decided to start writing prescriptions for food... That led to this …

Medical-legal partnership (MLP) is a health care delivery innovation that embeds civil legal
aid expertise into the health care team to address health-harming legal needs for vulnerable …