Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In both cases, TBC can help by providing a collaborative approach to care that can better manage the complex needs of patients. The system is used by different provider types to document needs and care in both urban and rural settings. Analysis We apply topic modeling to the codes recorded for clients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Public health initiatives, including community engagement projects, are vital for promoting early diagnosis and encouraging behaviors to combat PAD. A community collaborative mural focused on vascular health. Conclusions The PORTRAIT dissemination project utilized a community-engaged mural to raise awareness about PAD.

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Community Patient-Centered Utilities Diagnosis 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: This study aims to understand the current primary care access experience of both attached and unattached community members, using the established qualitative technique of journey mapping. Population Studied: Both attached and unattached community members within the FLA-OHT region.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Finance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Health Trends Across Communities (HTAC) is a collaboration of Minnesota healthcare systems and state and local public health that helps fill the gap in community health information by providing timely, detailed, and accessible summary electronic health record (EHR) information and reports.

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Community Healthcare Electronics Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This study team co-created a photovoice survey of youth to better understand their perspectives and facilitate open conversations in the community to identify areas of opportunity to improve youth well-being. Recruitment consisted of the survey link in ASD newsletters and flyers shared with community organizations and ASD staff.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Community Illness Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: The purpose of this research was to conduct a community needs assessment aimed at determining the desired content and structure of a contraception decision-aid tailored to meet the unique needs of gender-diverse patients. Study Design and Analysis: Targeted needs assessment using a cross-sectional study design.

Community 130

Community Patients Education Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community health worker (CHW) interventions show promising outcomes for T2D and HTN control particularly among low income and historically marginalized patients. However, studies on the generalizability and implementation of CHW interventions in clinical and community settings are limited. I) There was a mean of 2.8

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Hypertension Community Diabetes Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To this end, The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) Diversity and Health Equity (DHE) Committee developed and piloted a framework to measure DEI initiatives across 5 domains: Curriculum, Evaluation, Institution, Resident Pathway, and Faculty Pathway.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Examining the role of primary care providers as "quasi-officials" and their care practices for older adults in "the third sphere" between the state and the society in rural China. Setting: Community Y is a typical rural community in Northern China with a population of around 3,000 (≥ 50% of the population aged 65 and older).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Government Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study explores barriers to CS prevention and care by investigating perspectives from prenatal healthcare providers and mothers of diagnosed infants. Study Design and Analysis Interviews were conducted with prenatal healthcare providers and mothers in Chicago, IL.

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Provider Patients Healthcare Professional Healthcare 130

The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Forty years ago, Eric Redman's classic book The Dance of Legislation provided a compelling "insider's account" of how the U.S. Envisioned by Seattle pediatrician Abraham Bergman, MD as a way to recruit idealistic young physicians to "doctor deficient" communities throughout the U.S.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Family Doctor Family Medicine 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room.

Integrated Care 130

Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is a model in which medical and behavioral health providers work together to provide whole person care, usually in primary care settings. Despite success in some community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers, IBH is not widely implemented in other settings.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Consulting Illness 130

BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. As part of the BRIDGE program, the AAFP hosted Project ECHO® (ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) sessions, focusing on resident wellbeing and burnout prevention.

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Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Canada has a primary care crisis, with fewer family physicians providing care to meet population needs. Identifying communities with greater disparities in primary care access requires integration of data from a range of sources. Objective: To examine primary care access across neighbourhoods in Ottawa, Canada.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Physician Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Using community-based participatory methods, the I-CREAte (Innovations for Community Resilience, Equity and Advocacy) team conducted a multiple case study exploring the lived experiences of families experiencing adversity. Results were validated with I-CREAte community advisory board.

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Community Family Families Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Currently, primary care data, community data, and hospital data are not linked in Ontario, resulting in a disconnect in continuity of care. Datasets: Primary care EMR data from the Eastern Ontario Network and acute care, post-acute, and community mental health and addictions data from the Shared Health Integrated Information Portal.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

3 Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track students and 5 University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine students participated as teachers during the event. Doc4aDay is a community outreach program provided through the Maine Medical Center Department of Medical Education.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants with prior research experience expressed greater trust in their health care providers than their counterparts. Participants with clinical trial experience stated that they would recommend clinical trial participation to their friends and families.

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Clinic Chronic Condition Transportation Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The navigator then checked in with the patient weekly to provide additional support and guidance. MOHR presented a list of 10-15 actionable evidence-based strategies that patients could select to improve the risk. Patients were asked weekly to record their care plan progress and update their confidence.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Primary Care Patients Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Substance use disorders (SUD) significantly impact the physical, social, and mental health of individuals, their families, and the wider community. The existing literature does not adequately address substance use within the context of family and community resilience.

Community 130

Community Family Families Individual 130

Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To explore how early-career family physicians integrated social accountability into their practices, how it shaped their practice choices, and the challenges they encountered. Participants Early-career family physicians. Design A secondary analysis of qualitative interview data.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Holistic Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This mismatch is worsened in rural communities. Many practicing providers receive no training in gender affirming hormone care, working competently with gender diverse patients, or ensuring an affirming care environment. Outcome Measures Self-rated knowledge and confidence in provider competence before and after the course.

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Education Primary Care Provider Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community-based service learning is a proposed way to develop resident proficiency in core competencies and addressing and exploring social determinants of health. Setting: The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota was chosen as there was an existing partnership with Mayo Clinic for community education by healthcare providers.

Community 130

Community Education Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is a gap in the literature on understanding experiences of food insecurity in rural dwelling older adults and the role primary care providers can play in systematically screening older adults for age related food issues. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

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Primary Care Screening Family Doctor Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

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Patients Community Patient-Centered Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data analysis revealed five themes for positive experiences: regular treatment seeking, strong family and community support, positive family attitudes, trust in healthcare providers, and a positive outlook. Results: Among the 11 respondents, 54.6% were males and 45.4% were females.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. Lifestyle medicine involves ongoing engagement with a multidisciplinary team to support health-improving lifestyle changes.

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Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. It was emphasized that well-being is a shared responsibility—systems must provide adequate resources and a healthy environment to prevent burnout, which is an occupational issue.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Science and health literacy is limited particularly in under-represented communities. Plain language, communication at the 5th grade reading level, is an important tool to improve scientific literacy, build mutual trust and respect, and ensure the success of our studies.

Community 130

Community Individual IT Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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GP DO Hospital Family Medicine 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We’ve been hearing from family physicians across Minnesota about the rapid pace of recent federal policy changes and concerns about their impact on patient care and the communities we serve. To help you navigate these changes, we’ve compiled a list of timely resources for family physicians. We’d love to hear from you.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a health professions education model that uses telehealth technology to bridge specialists to community clinicians to disseminate best practices and foster interprofessional collaboration.

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Management Telehealth Education Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Community health services constitute the cornerstone of China's primary healthcare system. Since the recent healthcare reforms, significant strides have been made in the development of community health services across the country.

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