Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Since its inception in 1988, the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) has served as the official peer-reviewed publication for the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). JABFM is committed to providing open access to its articles, ensuring that both the public and the scientific community can access valuable information without any cost or registration required at www.jabfm.org. The journal is indexed in Medline, Index Medicus, and several other databases.

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Rural Family Physicians Are More Likely to Collaborate with Multisector Community Organizations

1 month ago | jabfm.org | Sarah E. Fleischer |Rachel Hogg-Graham |Lars Peterson

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Experiences of Transgender and Nonbinary Patients in an Academic Family Medicine Clinic

1 month ago | jabfm.org | Benjamin Kaplan

AbstractBackground: Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) patients face significant health disparities and negative experiences in health care spaces. With our family medicine residency clinic caring for an increasing number of TGNB patients, we sought to better understand the unique experiences and needs of this population.
Screening and Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes in Sickle Cell Disease

2 months ago | jabfm.org | Rachel Klein |Fernando Ovalle |Julie Kanter

EndocrinologyFamily MedicineFructosamineHematologyInternal MedicineSickle Cell DiseaseType 2 DiabetesIntroductionAccurate testing for screening and diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among persons with hemoglobinopathies or hemoglobin variance is needed. For example, sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy formed from a missense mutation on the sixth β-globin gene.
Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care

2 months ago | jabfm.org | Wendy B. Barr |Sarah E. Fleischer |Lars Peterson

Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Wendy B. Barr, Sarah Fleischer, Lars E. Peterson The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2024, 37 (5) 974-975; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240077R1
Perceptions of Medically Complex Patients Enrolled in an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit at a Healthcare-for-the-Homeless Clinic

2 months ago | jabfm.org | Brian Chan |Portland OR |Johns Hopkins |Elizabeth Hulen

AbstractBackground: There is great interest in intensive primary care interventions to address high utilization among medically and socially complex patients. How patients experience these interventions has received less attention.
Transforming Family Medicine Research: Strategic Planning, Summits, and a Special Issue

Dec 23, 2024 | jabfm.org | Samantha Elwood |Amanda Weidner

Capacity BuildingFamily MedicineA New Era in Family Medicine ResearchIn recent years, the landscape of family medicine research has undergone significant transformation.The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for robust primary care systems, and Family Medicine, with its emphasis on comprehensive and continuous care that is built on the trust within the patient-provider relationship, is at the forefront.
Perceptions of Medically Complex Patients Enrolled in an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit at a Healthcare-for-the-Homeless Clinic

Dec 22, 2024 | jabfm.org | Brian Chan |Portland OR |Johns Hopkins |Elizabeth Hulen

Doctor-Patient Relations Homelessness Integrated Health Care Systems Patient-Centered Care Primary Health Care Self Efficacy Social Support Vulnerable Populations Introduction Recognition of the fact that a relatively small number of medically and socially complex patients make up a disproportionate number of hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, and share of health care costs, has prompted national efforts to address their needs.1 Many of these efforts have utilized intensive...
Diversity in Family Medicine Research

Nov 15, 2024 | jabfm.org | Jose Rodriguez |Jose Rodríguez |José Rodríguez

Cultural Diversity Faculty Family Medicine Fellowships and Scholarships Leadership Minority Health Primary Health Care Workforce Workforce Diversity As a specialty, family medicine is the most demographically diverse and has taken significant steps to move forward in equity, diversity, and inclusion.1,2 The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Center for Diversity and Health Equity, the Family Medicine Committee on Antiracism, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Milestones for...
Current and Future Challenges to Publishing Family Medicine Research

Nov 15, 2024 | jabfm.org | Dean A. Seehusen

Family MedicineScholarly PublishingThe specialty of family medicine is currently pushing for a future with more and better family medicine research. If successful, there will be much more family medicine literature to be published. Family medicine as a specialty has multiple high-quality journals covering research, clinical care, evidence-based medicine, health policy, and educational scholarship.
Only One Quarter of Family Physicians Are Very Satisfied with Their Electronic Health Records Platform

Oct 25, 2024 | jabfm.org | Nathaniel Hendrix |Robert Phillips |Andrew Bazemore

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