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Expanding the UTHealth Medical Legal Partnership to Improve Mental Health for Low-Income Individuals

NCT03805126 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2020-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Health-harming Legal Needs

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Medical Legal Partnership

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.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Usual care includes consultation with a social worker and a community health worker.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Medical Center Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Houston

    collaborator OTHER

  • William Marsh Rice University

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winston Liaw, MD, MPH · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-14
Primary Completion
2020-09-11
Completion
2020-09-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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