Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03805126
Expanding the UTHealth Medical Legal Partnership to Improve Mental Health for Low-Income Individuals
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 160 (actual)
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
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
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-02-14
- Primary completion
- 2020-09-11
- Completion
- 2020-09-11
- First posted
- 2019-01-15
- Last updated
- 2020-11-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03805126. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.