Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: The intervention was piloted in a family medicine clinic affiliated with an academic medical center in the southern United States. Study Design: Mixed-method (survey and focus group).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are diagnosed in 150,000 Ontarians annually, resulting in disruptions to work, school, and sport. Concussion management is complex: variable onset of symptoms, urban/rural disparities, and the many professionals involved in case management.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A large team of family medicine, palliative, and end-of-life care clinicians, researchers, and educators from across Canada have collaborated to develop and pilot an innovative serious illness educational program called "All providers: Better Communication Skills (ABCs) Program."

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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.

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Edge Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

These summer hydration tips can help you stay energized, protect your heart, and avoid heat-related illness during outdoor activity or everyday errands. And remember: Edge Family Medicine is here to help you feel your best all year long. Staying hydrated is always important, but in the warmer months, it becomes essential.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Given limited critical care resources and an aging population, early interventions to prevent critical illness are vital. In this interdisciplinary collaboration, primary care and critical care clinician researchers came together with informatics and implementation experts to design this community-based pilot project.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We know little about how the impact of in-person CPD compares to that of online CPD. Objective: We compared the impact of in-person versus online CPD courses on doctors’ behavior change. Methods: A first group attended in-person courses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a second group attended an online version of these courses.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression remains a prevalent mental health condition, with rates of diagnosis disproportionately increasing for women and Black or Hispanic adults. However, variations in these disparities due to marital status remains unclear.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increased focus on youth mental health and well-being. 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Racial microaggressions (RMs) are behaviors and statements toward a person with or without the intention of expressing prejudice. RMs negatively impact mental health outcomes for minoritized people, including substance use.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Childhood is a time of growth, exploration, and, unfortunately, illness. As children’s immune systems develop, they are more susceptible to a range of common illnesses. Knowing when to see family care physicians is essential for ensuring your child's health and preventing complications.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care (PC) practices that implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) can identify, reduce, and prevent problematic alcohol use that otherwise could go undetected. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression is a common disease in general practice, leading to an increased cardiovascular risk. The majority of patients with depression is treated by their General Practicioner (GP). In the Netherlands GPs are also responsible for cardiovascular risk management (CVRM), for which a guideline is made.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument: n/a Outcome Measures: Descriptions of patient symptoms and impacts of symptoms on pre-illness lifestyle (including impacts on household relationships, work, friendships, hobbies, and long-term goals). brain fog, shortness of breath, fatigue), or a worsening of previous illnesses (i.e.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Relationship Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Black and Latino physicians in the US continue to experience racial discrimination in the workplace.There is paucity of data exploring whether the time spent discussing these experiences varies by the physician’s race/ethnicity.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite primary care providers’ (PCPs) ability to effectively treat depression, encouraging individuals to seek and return to treatment is challenging. As a behavioral strategy, mental contrasting and implementation intentions (MCII) use imagery to create action plans to overcome barriers to achieve goals.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 11, 2023

Over the past few years, the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry in UNC's School of Medicine have been working together to spearhead the development of a new "enhanced primary care" model to provide better primary care for patients who have severe mental illnesses.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: One of the most common primary care illnesses is acute rhinosinusitis (ARS). Guidelines currently suggest treating ARS with antibiotics when persistent symptoms or double sickening occur. Objective: To identify the factors associated with progression from upper respiratory infection to ARS.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Seven family medicine practices in one Colorado USA health system. Analysis involved descriptive statistics and a qualitative modified rapid matrix approach. Population Studied: Integrated BHPs (N = 13) each observed over the course of one randomly selected full clinic day by a trained research assistant.

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Primary Care Provider Illness Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Seven family medicine practices in one Colorado USA health system. Population Studied: Primary care clinicians and staff, including IBH psychologists and psychiatrists. Intervention: NA for this portion of the study.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures: Prevalence estimates for 20 health conditions that address mental illness, chronic physical health conditions, substance use disorder, maternal and child health, and firearm injury. Summary information is generated at each site and then centrally combined and analyzed. Results: HTAC generated results for 4.6

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three PC practices that routinely serve adolescents were selected: 2 urban practices (1 Family Medicine [FM] and 1 Pediatric [PED]) and 1 rural combined FM/PED practice. Objectives: To implement SUD screening in patients aged 12-17 seen for all visit types (well and sick visits) and to quantify the rate of substance misuse.

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Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2025

Dehydration : Busy schedules, lack of water, and even fighting off seasonal illnesses can leave moms more dehydrated than usual. Signs of mastitis, including a red, hot, swollen breast, fever, body aches, and feeling ill. This can escalate to bacterial overgrowth and, eventually, mastitis.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility. Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Preliminary analyses revealed the following overarching themes: 1) diabetes, mental health and mental health conditions or challenges, and HRSNs contribute to a cycle of diabetes distress (i.e.,

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Chronic illness is at a record high in society. 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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were enrolled at 1-21 days of illness and followed via daily symptom survey. Additional data will be presented on the substance use and illness trajectories of the pilot study. Objective: To evaluate the association between substance use and duration of acute sinusitis symptoms. For illicit drug use, in the RAN group 7.0%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset PWH were recruited using convenience sampling at the Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS), McGill University Health Centre and HIV community centres (REZO, AIDS Community Care Montreal) in Montreal, Canada. Population People with HIV.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together with ten patients who have experience managing chronic illness or life-limiting conditions, PERC encourages and supports the meaningful engagement of patients as partners in PC research. Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Boutique clinics were more likely to see patients for musculoskeletal, dermatologic, and infectious disease illnesses. There was a higher rate of referrals to dermatology, surgery, and family practice from boutique clinics. Physicians in these practices had lower median cost of OHIP billings, likely due to smaller patient volumes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusions There is a substantial rate of co-occurring houselessness and mental illness among PWUD in central Edmonton. Of those who reported losing someone they cared about, 81% (304/376) said they have lost more people due to poisonings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses. They can do this through physical exams and by sending the patient to the laboratory for blood tests and toxicology reports looking for diseases or illnesses.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Prepare for Power Outages and Illness It’s important to be prepared. To prepare yourself for getting sick (and to protect yourself from getting sick in the first place) get your flu shot and have plenty of cold medicine on hand. At Center for Family Medicine, we encourage seniors to live the happiest and healthiest lifestyle possible.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 27, 2021

She currently serves as Chief of Family and Community Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and is Professor and Vice Chair in the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. Her interests include chronic illness care, family medicine education, reproductive health, health of Latinxs in the U.S.,

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Some (not all) germs are bad, and poor dental health can sometimes lead to illnesses like cardiovascular disease and pneumonia. For more information about dental care versus primary care, contact us at Center for Family Medicine. They can re-direct you to a physician if needed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction. While Ghana has made rigorous efforts to expand psychiatric care for hard-to-reach communities, there is limited knowledge about the experiences of the country’s psychiatrists regarding their current clinical approaches and the barriers they face in delivering care.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

adults experience mental illness each year. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact the Center for Family Medicine. The post May is Mental Health Awareness Month appeared first on Center for Family Medicine. Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. Your mental health matters.

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