Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The predictors of exposure to DDI among the population of non-elderly community-dwelling adults are unknown. Population Studied: Community-dwelling non-elderly adults (19-64 years) residents of Quebec and covered by the public prescription drug insurance between 2014 and 2017.

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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. Recovery is a unique, multidimensional process where individuals strive to enhance their health and wellness.

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Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To determine what factors individual physicians in a remote northern Saskatchewan community consider when advising patients on an obstetric delivery location. Setting La Ronge, a remote northern Saskatchewan community. Participants Eleven family physicians providing full-scope care in a remote medical clinic.

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Family Physician Community Family Families 52

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. Setting: Western New York.

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The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Envisioned by Seattle pediatrician Abraham Bergman, MD as a way to recruit idealistic young physicians to "doctor deficient" communities throughout the U.S., Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. 0.83, HR 0.70; 95% CI 0.65-0.76,

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Complication Diabetes Individual Chronic Disease 130

Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

A Health Revolution with Lifestyle Medicine At Edge Family Medicine, we recognize the transformative power of lifestyle medicine in reversing early-stage chronic diseases. As a leading family medical practice in Upland, CA, we champion evidence-based approaches that empower patients to take control of their health.

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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.

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Family Physician Family Families Holistic Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services. 2-1-1 Nova Scotia has operated since 2013 as a nonprofit that offers 24/7 assistance.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come.

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Preventative Care Preventive Care Family Physician Screening 100

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.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. Sponsored by Representative Paul Lee, the legislation removes the burdensome 100-hour annual service requirement, facilitating greater access to care for underserved communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Five electronic systems of community clinic. Population Studied individuals with comorbidity of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Results After propensity score matching, a total of 3546 individuals with average age of 70 years were included, and 388 (10.94%) individuals were treated by SGLT-2 inhibitors.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The research team comprised experienced (2), midcareer (2) and junior researchers (2) working with structurally vulnerable populations across a range of communities. Setting: Community based researchers from a Canadian academic setting. Reflexive thematic analysis.

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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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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

Population Studied: Community-dwelling, non-institutionalized, United States adults aged 20 years and older (N=14,759). Non-Hispanic (NH) White individuals who were never married (OR: 1.29), cohabiting (OR: 1.46), or divorced/separated (OR: 1.66) had greater odds of worse depression vs. married.

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Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

PHC providers routinely consider patients’ perspectives to make choices about their care at an individual level but patients also have valuable expertise that can improve how PHC is organized at practice, regional, and provincial levels.

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Patients Holistic Care Government Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that equally engages researchers and community stakeholders throughout the research process. Study Design and Analysis: This scoping review follows the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework.

Community 130

Community Individual Relationship Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Little is known about variation in adoption of CCS modalities in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in communities where cervical cancer disparities persist. Among 12,506 screened average-risk individuals, the mean age was 39.0 were White, 16.0% Hispanic or Latino, 30% rural and 27% not insured. vs 69.3%, p <0.001).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is unclear how community resources may impact BF practices. Objective: To explore the association of community resources with BF, and whether the association varies based on maternal race, ethnicity and country of birth. a census tract measure of community resources associated with child development.

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Community Education Individual Hospital 130

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. My longitudinal project addressed both the 80% of occupational drivers of engagement or burnout (per research in Mayo Clinic Proceedings ) and the 20% within an individual’s control.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Advancements to evaluating the impact of participatory health research (PHR) have been made through comprehensive models like the community-based participatory research (CBPR) conceptual model, a useful framework for exploring how context and partnership processes can influence health research design and interventions.

Community 130

Community Relationship Individual IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore the views of family physician educators about the implementation of SDM in clinical practice, with a focus on the delivery of preventive health care. Study Design and Analysis: Qualitative descriptive study using a practical thematic analysis of data from individual online interviews.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Education Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Several studies have documented that individuals with greater social determinants of health risks (SDOH) are more likely to use tobacco. What is not known is if provision of tobacco cessation assistance is equally likely for individuals with different levels of SDOH risk. Design and Analysis: Observational study.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Access to primary care in Canada is a pressing concern, with over one in five individuals lacking a regular primary care provider. Setting Community Population Studied Educators, patient partners, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and researchers.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Community-based. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. Participants' comments while completing Proactive provided a qualitative assessment of the validity of the response process, and interviews assessed social validity.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Centralised policies such as the Triple Aim have inherent polarities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One practice developed materials with examples of alcohol-related myths frequently heard from their patients and community and used science-based responses to address stigma and foster conversation around alcohol use. Tailoring individual strategies can facilitate SBIRT implementation in rural PC practices.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SETTING: Outpatient and community. These interventions should be accessible to patients as a part of 'usual care' for complex, refractory, opioid-treated CLBP as the means for improving lives and health, and reducing the individual and societal burdens of CLBP and opioid-related harm.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St.

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Family Physician Family Families Primary Care 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. Community Partnerships: Mayo Clinic collaborates with local food banks to offer mobile food distributions.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In response to the growing overdose epidemic, communities in US and Canada have started using vending machines (VMs) as a low-barrier method to provide harm reduction (HR) items to the community. Population Studied: Individuals with substance use disorder or co-occurring conditions.

Community 130

Community Utilities Provider Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Using a community-based research approach, our study aims to understand healthcare navigation, in addition to facilitators and barriers to health services among Latino Farmworkers. Setting: Our focus group sessions were conducted at various community sites in El Centro, Brawley, and Calexico, California.

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Individual Healthcare Chronic Disease Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Individuals who frequently attend the ED comprise up to 10% of patients, while accounting for a third of ED visits. The reasons for a lower proportion of patients experiencing high ED use could be multi-factorial, including a greater availability of primary care and an increased accessibility of community resources.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 259–268. Use of Measurement-Based Care for Behavioral Health Care in Community Settings.

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