Diversity in Medicine
Commentary
Systemic racism: An editor’s note
This month’s editorial was jointly written by the editors of 10 prominent family medicine publications, including JFP, and is being published...
Conference Coverage
Racial, social inequities persist in IBD
Three in four patients are White, but there is growing appreciation of the diversity of the population and the need for equity in care.
From the Journals
Black women show heightened risk for depression after early pregnancy loss
Major depression 30 days after treatment for early pregnancy loss was twice as likely for Black women versus non-Black women.
Conference Coverage
Racial, ethnic disparities in maternal mortality, morbidity persist
Black and Latina women continue to experience higher levels of maternal morbidity, compared with white women.
Conference Coverage
Disparities in child abuse evaluation arise from implicit bias
Since disparities in child abuse evaluation and reporting can harm care of all children, clinicians need to be aware of the impact of implicit...
Opinion
Advocate for legislation to improve, protect LGBTQ lives
Also advocate to prevent legislation that will put you in jail for providing gender-affirming care for adolescents under age 18.
Feature
AMA takes on vaccine misinformation, physician vaccines, racism
The AMA House of Delegates recently issued multiple new policies on controversial topics that many clinicians face on a regular basis.
Conference Coverage
Black patients less likely to receive H. pylori eradication testing
This disparity may exacerbate the already increased burden of H. pylori infection and gastric cancer among Black individuals.
Feature
Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.
From the Journals
Chinese American families suffer discrimination related to COVID-19
In a sample of Chinese American parents and children, reports of racial discrimination during the pandemic were common.
Commentary
Systemic Racism and Health Disparities: A Statement from Editors of Family Medicine Journals
The year 2020 has been marked by historic protests across the United States and the globe sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery,...