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Providing Civil Legal Aid Through Medical-Legal Partnerships: A Critical Enabling Service for Health Centers Serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs)

Year Developed: 2016

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Enabling Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This case study highlights how a health center serving a high immigrant and limited English proficient patient population, including Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs) integrated civil legal aid into its services through a medical-legal partnership (MLP) approach in order to address the social determinants of health (SDOH). Lessons learned in conducting this case study show that the MLP approach is essential to health care transformation and quality improvement. The approach encourages collaboration between health care providers and legal teams to work together to improve clinical practice and institutional policies to better respond to patients’ needs.

Resource Details: This case study highlights Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI)-serving health center experience in serving a high immigrant and limited English proficient (LEP) patient population, and integrating civil legal aid into its services through medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) in order to address the social determinants of health (SDOH).

Resource Topic: Quality, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: , Quality Improvement.

Keywords: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs), Limited English Proficiency (LEP) , Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs).