Working out your shared problem is an essential step to effective communication in health justice partnership. Use these conversation prompts to get you started.
In our latest tutorial with health, community care and legal practitioners from around the country, we discussed how health justice partnership (HJP) can contribute to improving health and justice outcomes for people with disability.
A healthy community is one in which everyone has access to help when they need it – and that includes legal help.
Our report in collaboration with Neami National shows that clients who access mental health services have unmet legal needs, and that those unmet legal needs – whether related to credit, debt and social security issues, housing, or family law and family violence issues – affect their health and wellbeing.
Media release: Adequate legal assistance funding is vital to improving health and wellbeing outcomes
Health Justice Australia has welcomed last week’s announcement that the Australian Government will provide $3.9 billion in funding to the legal assistance sector through the new National Access to Justice Partnership. While this announcement is an encouraging first step in addressing the chronic underfunding of the sector, there is still much to do to ensure the sustainability of legal assistance services so they can continue to support the health and wellbeing of individuals and families.
Here are our go-to tips on building and sustaining effective networks and communities of practice.