Medical legal partnerships - a powerful collaboration for change. Clinicians and lawyers working together to prevent lead poisoning in Chicago and beyond.

Pediatricians are trained to not only treat individual children but to work systemically to change environments that contribute to illness or injury. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are a growing model where clinicians and lawyers work together to more effectively address a broad range of social determinants of health. Erie Family Health Center (Erie), a large Federally …