Resources

Resources

MLPB’s Unlocking Access Hub provides resources to our subscribers that demystify common health-related legal needs. Resources include training decks and recordings, one page summaries, and short briefs. Each are designed to equip communities of care with information and tools to engage in legal problem solving.

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MLPB’s Digital Digest is an open-access tool designed to help workforce colleagues navigate complex law and policy changes, providing strategies to address a range of key health-related legal and social needs.  It is updated regularly and is available to non-subscribers.

Training Deck

Employment Protections for Pregnant Workers (September 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered September 14, 2023.

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Training Deck

Education Rights and Strategies (August 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered August 29, 2023.

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Training Deck

Guardianship & Less Restrictive Alternatives (June 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered June 22, 2023.

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Resource Guide

Medicaid Redetermination: Implications for Healthcare Coverage

The White House announced that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) that has been in effect since 2020 to combat the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Training Deck

Maximizing Tax Benefits to Support Financial Stability (March 2023)

An Unlocking Access monthly training, offered March 21, 2023.    

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Journal Article

From Practice to Theory: Medical-Legal Partnership Enters its Third Decade (2013)

Medical-Legal Partnership has evolved from referral-based advocacy for indivdual patients to one of structured integration of preventive law to advance population health.

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Issue Brief

Health Starts at Home Evaluation Final Report (2021)

Authored by the Boston Foundation, Health Resources in Action, and the Urban Institute, this evaluation report details findings from the Health Starts...

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Journal Article

Housing Intervention for Medically Complex Families Associated with Improved Family Health: Pilot Randomized Trial (2020)

Children’s HealthWatch at BMC report on a pilot population-specific model that integrates health, housing, legal, and social services can improve health-related outcomes...

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Journal Article

Lawyering as Problem-Solving: Implications of Patient-Centered, Accountable Healthcare for the Legal Profession (2014)

Recommendations for health care delivery that incorporates preventive law in innovations in accountable care organizations and patient centered medical homes.

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Journal Article

Legal Information And Rights Education As An Element of Care: A Promising Health Justice Strategy (2021)

Health Affairs blog describing how cutting-edge communities of care are embracing collective responsibility by systematically incorporating legal information and rights education into...

June 9, 2021 Learn More
Issue Brief

Legal Partnering for Child and Family Health: An Opportunity and Call to Action for Early Childhood Systems (2019)

MLPB’s team-facing legal partnering model connects the dots between access to justice and family wellbeing, bolstering early childhood sector goals at household,...

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Lessons from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Data about the Double Burden of Cancer and Social Determinants of Health (2018)

Patients undergoing cancer care treatment require tailored screening, navigation, and legal problem-solving to address health-related social needs.

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Journal Article

Medical-Legal Strategies to Improve Infant Health Care: A Randomized Trial (2015)

The Project DULCE intervention led to improvements in preventive health care delivery and utilization and accelerated access to concrete supports among low-income...

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