The UTHealth Medical-Legal Partnership: Improving Health by Addressing Health-Harming Legal Needs

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03364543

Enrollment

911

Registered

2017-12-06

Start date

2018-04-16

Completion date

2019-02-01

Last updated

2020-11-06

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Conditions

Social Determinants of Health

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of the UTHealth medical-legal partnerships (MLP) against usual care.

Interventions

OTHERAccess to the Medical-Legal Partnership Group

The Medical-Legal Partnership Group are lawyers in clinics who address health-harming legal needs.

OTHERAccess to social worker and a community worker

Access to social worker and a community worker, but no systematic process for addressing health-harming legal needs.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* English- or Spanish- speaking * screen positive for health-harming legal needs (HHLNs)

Exclusion criteria

* Those unable or unwilling to consent to legal services

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of participants who had an emergency department visit	6 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026