Health and justice
Prescribing legal help: Intervening early to improve patient health
Guest author Michele Leering, Executive Director of Community Advocacy & Legal Centre in Belleville, Ontario, joins us today to tell us more information about libraries and justice partnerships. Justice and health partnerships have emerged as an important new strategy for improving “legal health”, and for increasing access to justice for people living on a low […]
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Next steps to legal health
The Legal Health Check-Up project that was developed by Halton Community Legal Services in Halton Region is expanding to an additional nine community legal clinics in the southwestern Ontario region.
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Does an apple a day keep the courthouse away?
In our research, we found at least one striking difference between delivery of health information and public legal information and information (PLE) – the focus on prevention. Traditionally, there has been far less focus on delivering preventative-type PLE than health information.
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Summary of CLEO’s report on health literacy
A summary version of CLEO’s recent report linking health literacy and legal capability is now available.
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PLE Learning Exchange day of discussion
We’re pleased to announce that we will be hosting another day of discussion this year. We’re looking forward to sharing experiences with and learning from others who are working to increase understanding of legal rights within communities across Ontario. This event will take place on Monday, June 1, 2015 at the 519 Church Street Community […]
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