Articles

The academic publications below assess the social determinants of health that affect vulnerable populations, as well as the impact of the medical-legal partnership model on healthcare and legal services delivery.

Journal articles and issue briefs can be accessed by clicking on the document title. For information regarding other print publications, including books, please contact Leah Rappaport at (617) 414-6393.

Evidence-Based Health Care for Children: What Are We Missing?
Printed by The Commonwealth Fund. April 2010.

Medical-Legal Partnership: Collaborating with Lawyers to Identify and Address Health Disparities
Printed in Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010.

Poverty Grown Up: How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Impacts Adult Health
Printed in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. February/March 2010.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: Addressing Competency Needs Through Lawyers
Printed in Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2009.

Payment Reform for Safety-Net Institutions – Improving Quality and Outcomes
Printed in New England Journal of Medicine. November 2009.

Advancing the Integrated Practice of Preventive Law and Preventive Medicine. Samantha Morton, Thomas Barton and Jack Maypole. Preventive Law and Problem Solving: Lawyering for the Future. Lake Mary, FL: Vandeplas Publishing, 2009. Ed. Thomas Barton.

Public Health Legal Services: A New Vision
Printed in Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. Fall 2008.

Medical-Legal Partnerships: Transforming Health Care
Printed in The Lancet. November 2008.

Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy. Ellen Lawton, Robyn Riseberg, Gavriela Bogin-Farber, Rachael Knight, Jonathan Cohen and Lauren Smith. Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development. New York: CRC Press, 2008. 419-439. Ed. Patricia Cholewka and Mitra M. Motlagh.

Partnering Providers and Advocates for Child Wellness and Family Stability
Printed in Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy. Fall 2007.

Lawyers and Doctors Working Together: A Formidable Team
Printed in The Health Lawyer. 2007.

Revisiting the Social History for Child Health
Printed in Pediatrics. September 2007.

Families’ Health Related Social Problems and Missed Referral Opportunities
Printed in Pediatrics. 2007.

Medical Legal Partnerships: From Surgery to Prevention?
Printed in Management Information Exchange Journal. Spring 2007.

From Principle to Practice: Moving from Human Rights to Legal Rights to Ensure Child Health
Printed in Archives of Disease in Childhood. January 2007.

Rx for Tenants
Printed in Shelterforce. Fall 2006.

Immigration 101 for the Pediatric Practice. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2005; 4:34-36. S Morton and M Sandel.

Lawyers and Doctors Partner for Healthy Housing
Printed in Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty and Law Policy. May/June 2005.

Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy
Printed in Pediatrics. 2004.

The Lawyer is In: Why Some Doctors are Prescribing Legal Remedies for Their Patients, and How the Legal Profession Can Support This Effort. Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. Spring/Summer 2003. P Tames, P Tremblay, T Wagner, E Lawton & L Smith.

The Family Advocacy Program: A Medical-Legal Collaborative to Promote Child Health and Development
Printed in Management Information Exchange Journal. Summer 2003.
 
Knowledge of Welfare Reform Program Provisions Among Families of Children with Chronic Conditions
Printed in American Journal of Public Health. 2002.

Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children
Printed in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. July 2002.

Employment Barriers Among Welfare Recipients and Applicants with Chronically Ill Children
Printed in American Journal of Public Health. 2002.

Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health Care Among Children with Asthma
Printed in American Journal of Public Health. 2002.

Welfare, Women, and Families: Implications for Clinicians
Printed in Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. Winter 2002.

The Association of Childhood Asthma with Parental Employment and Welfare Receipt
Printed in Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. Winter 2002.

How Substandard Housing Affects Children's Health. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2000;10:134. M Sandel & J Zotter.