The Academic Medical-Legal Partnership

Monday, September 26, 2022

The Academic Medical-Legal Partnership

This report is the result of the combined experience of the Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance team and their 2019-2020 mixed methods...Read More

Increasing Capacity to Address Health, Justice, and Equity Through Partnerships

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Increasing Capacity to Address Health, Justice, & Equity Through Partnerships

Supporting the millions of survivors of domestic/intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation (E), requires an intentional and immediate shift...Read More

Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities

Monday, August 15, 2022

Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities

As an exploration of the intersection of health and justice, Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People...Read More

Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability and Chronic Disease Discrimination Tip Sheet

Friday, July 22, 2022

Tips to Help Health Centers Address Disability & Chronic Disease Discrimination

In 2020, approximately 30 million adults and children in medically underserved communities received comprehensive, primary and preventative health care and enabling services from 1,462 HRSA Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes. According to research studies, this growing patient population has become increasingly complex with multiple chronic conditions and higher rates of social risk factors. In addition to ensuring that their patients with chronic conditions and disabilities are able to access care, health centers and look-alike programs are also well-positioned to help these patients prevent and address a very specific health-harming social risk factor: disability discrimination....Read More