Research
There is a growing body of research across disciplines about social care, the impacts of social drivers of health, and how communities of care can address health-related legal needs. Legal Key has often been at the forefront of creating this scholarship. Here is a sampling of the papers, articles, and studies available, including all of Legal Key’s publications:
2025 Federal Policy Recap (December 2025)
An Unlocking Access® training offered December 2025.
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Utility Protections (October 2025)
An Unlocking Access® monthly training, offered October 29, 2025.
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Navigating Immigration Court: Rhode Island Legal Resources
Information about finding an attorney, family preparedness planning, and navigating immigration courts.
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Protections and Accommodations for Pregnant Workers
Pregnant workers are protected federally by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Title VII, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This FAQ on...
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Navigating Immigration Court: Massachusetts Legal Resources
Information about finding an attorney, family preparedness planning, and navigating immigration courts.
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Evictions (September 2025)
An Unlocking Access® training offered September 30, 2025.
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Policy Advocacy in Rhode Island: Tips for Care Teams
Policy advocacy is important form of support that asks critical questions: What laws are helping or harming communities? Who is working to...
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BMC Health Services Research
Cross-sectional survey of cancer care patients demonstrates need for innovation in cancer care delivery to address socio-legal concerns.
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Medical-Legal Strategies to Improve Infant Health Care: A Randomized Trial (2015)
The Project DULCE intervention led to improvements in preventive health care delivery and utilization and accelerated access to concrete supports among low-income...
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Lawyering as Problem-Solving: Implications of Patient-Centered, Accountable Healthcare for the Legal Profession (2014)
Recommendations for health care delivery that incorporates preventive law in innovations in accountable care organizations and patient centered medical homes.
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Project DULCE: Strengthening Families Through Enhanced Primary Care (2014)
Project DULCE is a universal intervention emphasizing concrete supports and improving parent knowledge of child development and parenting. It is cost-effective, efficient,...
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From Practice to Theory: Medical-Legal Partnership Enters its Third Decade (2013)
Medical-Legal Partnership has evolved from referral-based advocacy for indivdual patients to one of structured integration of preventive law to advance population health.
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Lessons from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Data about the Double Burden of Cancer and Social Determinants of Health (2018)
Patients undergoing cancer care treatment require tailored screening, navigation, and legal problem-solving to address health-related social needs.
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Strengthening families through the integration of legal advocacy into a home visiting program (2016)
Home visitors learn more about a family’s situation than other professionals, allowing for preventive legal problem-solving.
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Project DULCE: A Randomized Control Trial Demonstrating Compassion Aligns with Cost Containment (2017)
The Project DULCE intervention generated reduced emergency department utilization, enhanced adherence to preventive care, and greater access to concrete supports.
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