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Yee AK. 2008. Improving the health of vulnerable children with medical-legal partnerships. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2 pp. (Views from the field)

Annotation: This document describes how medical and legal services partner in the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (MLPC) program to provide more robust health services - both clinical and legal aid - to commonly under-served children and their families in the Boston area. The fact sheet also discusses evaluation activities of Boston and additional sites that have replicated the MLPC and describes what has been learned so far. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Grantmakers In Health, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036-4101, Telephone: (202) 452-8331 Fax: (202) 452-8340 Web Site: http://www.gih.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Community programs, Family support programs, Legal aid, Low income groups, Model programs, Prevention services

Cousineau MR, Nascimento LM. 2003. Evaluation of the Health Consumer Alliance and the Health Rights Hotline: Final report. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Division of Community Health, 84 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the Health Consumer Alliance (HCA) partnerships that operate eight community-based legal services organizations providing health consumer assistance in six California counties, and the Health Rights Hotline (Hotline) organization that provides legal services for health consumers in the Sacramento, California, area. This report reflects the combination of qualitative and quantitative measures to evaluate formative, process, and outcome indicators. Report topics include an overview of the evaluation approach and methods, strategies used for identifying and engaging consumers who have difficulties obtaining needed health care services, program success and effectiveness in solving the problems of consumers, program effectiveness in changing systems and policies to improve access to care, and a discussion of policy implications and lessons learned. Appendices include details on evaluation and outcome methods and a chart on health consumer collaborative statewide policy issues. Tables present statistical data throughout the report.

Contact: University of Southern California, Department of Family Medicine, Division of Community Health, Building A7, Room 7430, 1000 South Freemont Ave., Alhambra, CA 91803, Telephone: (626) 457-4057 Fax: (626) 457-5858 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/family_medicine/communityhealth/pages/Aboutthedivision.html Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, California, Community based services, Final reports, Legal aid, Patient advocacy, Program evaluation, State initiatives

Davidson H. 1994. The impact of domestic violence on children: A report to the president of the American Bar Association. (2nd rev. printing). Washington, DC: American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law, 38 pp.

Annotation: This report reviews current legal literature and reform proposals to determine the impact of domestic violence on children. It was requested by the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) to help the association develop future policies. It provides an introduction and reviews the literature on the following topics: assuring the safety of children; promoting education, treatment, and awareness; providing legal representation for victims; limiting access to firearms; and custody and visitation, among others. Recommended actions for the ABA are included for each topic. Appendices include lists of domestic violence programs, state coalitions, pro bono and legal services programs, and current ABA policies.

Keywords: Child development, Children, Domestic violence, Family relations, Legal aid, Legal processes, National organizations, Policy development

Conviser R. 1993. Serving young people at risk for HIV infection: Case studies of adolescent-focused HIV prevention and service delivery programs. Newark, NJ: National Pediatric HIV Resource Center, 95 pp.

Annotation: This report is a summary of case studies of eight adolescent HIV demonstration projects. At the seven projects concerned with AIDS prevention and health service delivery, standard interview protocols were administered to staff, and both staff and project clients gave unstructured interviews. A chapter is devoted to the results from each project. The work of the eighth project, which is concerned with legal and ethical issues in delivering HIV/AIDS-related services to adolescents, is also summarized in one chapter. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Women, Children, and HIV, Center for HIV Information , University of California, San Francisco, CA Contact Phone: (800) 362-0071 Fax: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: AIDS, Case studies, Ethics, Federal MCH programs, HIV, High risk adolescents, Legal issues, Preventive health services, Reports, Social services

Haack D. 1992. Suggested protocols for victims of spousal and elder abuse: A task force reference document for Colorado hospitals. Denver, CO: Colorado Department of Health, 59 pp.

Annotation: This document describes suggested protocols for health professionals for providing appropriate care to victims of suspected abuse. The protocols were developed by the Domestic Violence Protocol Development Task Force which was formed by the Colorado Department of Health. The document includes several checklists, forms, and injury charts designed to help identify and assess abuse. There is a directory of shelters and programs in Colorado for battered women and abused elders. Model programs from Denver area hospitals are also included.

Contact: Colorado Department of Health, Prevention Services Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246, Telephone: (303) 692-2567 Contact Phone: (303) 692-2589 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/index.html Training manual $40.00, video and protocol $75.00.

Keywords: Battered women, Colorado, Domestic violence, Elder abuse, Health care systems, Legal aid, Pregnancy, Protocols, Resources for professionals, Shelters, Treatment

Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell and Bank. 1992. Legal issues in pediatric HIV practice: A handbook for health care providers. Newark, NJ: National Pediatric HIV Resource Center, 85 pp.

Annotation: This manual addresses legal issues frequently encountered by health care providers in serving children and their families affected by HIV disease. The following legal topics are examined: the obligation of health care providers to treat persons with HIV; the obligation of health care providers to obtain patient consent for treatment; provider-patient confidentiality; a health care provider's duty to warn persons at risk of HIV infection; provider testing for HIV; clinical trials and research issues; and individual rights, privacy, and entitlements. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: HIV, Legal issues, Patient care management, Patient consent, Pediatric AIDS, Physician patient relations

Dalton HL, Burris S, and Yale AIDS Law Project, eds. 1987. AIDS and the law: A guide for the public. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 382 pp.

Annotation: This book addresses how the law deals with the many social conflicts generated by the AIDS epidemic. It provides a medical background about the AIDS epidemic; and discusses these topics: government response to AIDS (including public health strategies, schoolchildren with AIDS, prostitution as a public health issue, and education as prevention); private sector responses to AIDS (including AIDS in the workplace, screening workers for AIDS, housing issues, and private lawsuits about AIDS); AIDS and healthcare (including the right to treatment, insurance, confidentiality, and physicians versus lawyers); AIDS in the military and prisons; and the problems of special groups (including intravenous drug abusers, the black community, and the lesbian and gay community).

Contact: Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040, Telephone: (203) 432-0960 Fax: (203) 432-0948 Web Site: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp Available in libraries.

Keywords: AIDS, Legal issues
   

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