How Legal Problems Affect Health and the Role of Medical Legal Partnership in Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorDucey, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorvan Olm, Alexander
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCoy, Ted
dc.contributor.committeememberHardcastle, Lorian
dc.contributor.committeememberBanerjee, Pallavi
dc.date2021-11
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T20:40:09Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T20:40:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractAt the moment, there is little research involving the connection between legal issues and an individual’s overall health. It makes sense that non-individual factors go into determining one’s health, such as physical environment, housing, and education. These factors are typically referred to as the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) (Mikkonen and Raphael 2012). However, at times, individuals experience issues that are legal in nature, which can in many ways affect one’s health. It is this recognition that has sparked the creation of medical-legal partnerships throughout the United States, and more recently in Canada. The health benefits of medical-legal partnerships are well documented in the United States and have created a network of medical-legal organizations, in addition to new practices in both legal and medical education (Theiss 2017; Tobin-Tyler 2011). This research explores the establishment of one of Canada’s first Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLP) between The University of Calgary’s Student Legal Assistance (SLA) and Calgary’s downtown community health center (CUPS). This research explores how legal supports included alongside healthcare service provision can work to address structural inequalities that exist in our social environment and are created or exacerbated by one’s “legal wellbeing". Interviews with healthcare and social service providers working alongside the CUPS and SLA MLP provides novel insight into the various ways legal issues can disrupt access to healthcare, interrupt health-seeking behaviours, or create unique health crises all on their own. The idea behind this is to prove that legal wellbeing is a distinct social determinant of health. The following research aims to establish a foundation for the further development of Medical-Legal Partnership throughout Canada and challenges readers to ask, what does access to justice really look like?en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan Olm, A. (2021). How legal problems affect health and the role of medical legal partnership in Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39225
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113908
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.subjectHealth Justiceen_US
dc.subjectMedical Legal Partnershipen_US
dc.subjectSocial Determinants of Healthen_US
dc.subjectInterdisciplinaryen_US
dc.subjectLow-incomeen_US
dc.subjectLegal Assistanceen_US
dc.subjectHealth Disparityen_US
dc.subjectHealth Equityen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Sociology ofen_US
dc.subject.classificationLawen_US
dc.subject.classificationSociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationCriminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic and Social Welfareen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic Healthen_US
dc.titleHow Legal Problems Affect Health and the Role of Medical Legal Partnership in Canadaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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