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Expanding the role of paralegals: supporting realization of the right to health for vulnerable communities.

Albert WiryaAjeng LarasatiSofia GruskinLaura Ferguson
Published in: BMC international health and human rights (2020)
These four contributions verify the positive impacts paralegals, recruited from marginalized communities, can deliver for community members facing criminal justice processes. The shifting role of paralegals from merely an intermediary between clients and lawyers to champions of the health-related rights of their clients can happen as a result of adequate training, support, and networks with other agents in criminal justice system.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • hiv testing
  • public health
  • men who have sex with men
  • health information
  • health promotion
  • hepatitis c virus