The purpose of this research is to better understand the impact of receiving legal aid on HIV care continuum outcomes among formerly incarcerated individuals. In addition, the investigators would like to assess the effectiveness of a comprehensive training for providers in increasing knowledge about medical legal partnerships and improving clinic level outcomes, including communication among providers. The training includes several topics including health disparities impacting formerly incarcerated individuals, health-harming legal needs and risks, screening for health-harming legal needs and risks, medical-legal partnership structure and operations, prerequisites for MLPs, embedding legal expertise within regularized case management, co-location of legal services, and data collection and analysis.
18 years or older
Living with HIV (as confirmed by medical record)
HIV viral load of more than 200 copies/mL (as confirmed by medical record)
Report history of incarceration
Individuals who self-report having been sentenced to serve under state or federal custody, with a sentence to begin within 6 months from proposed enrollment in the study
University of Central Florida
Lead sponsor
University of Miami
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborator
Hope and Help Center of Central Florida Incorporated
Collaborator