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Answering the “100 Most Important Family Medicine Research Questions” from the 1985 Hames Consortium

Christy J. W. Ledford, Jacqueline B. Britz, Melinda L. McKew, Mia V. von Gal, Neha Balachandran, L. A. Middleton and Dean A. Seehusen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (Supplement2) S106-S121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240130R1
Christy J. W. Ledford
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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Jacqueline B. Britz
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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Melinda L. McKew
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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Mia V. von Gal
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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Neha Balachandran
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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L. A. Middleton
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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Dean A. Seehusen
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
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vol. 37 no. Supplement2 S106-S121
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240130R1
PubMed 
39547811

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication March 23, 2024
  • Revision received June 30, 2024
  • Accepted for publication July 8, 2024
  • Published online March 24, 2025.

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  1. Christy J. W. Ledford, PhD, FACH,
  2. Jacqueline B. Britz, MD, MSPH,
  3. Melinda L. McKew,
  4. Mia V. von Gal,
  5. Neha Balachandran, MS,
  6. L. A. Middleton, MS and
  7. Dean A. Seehusen, MD, MPH
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (CJWL, DAS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JB); Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA (MLM, MVG, NB, LAM).
  1. Corresponding author: Christy J.W. Ledford, PhD, FACH, 1120 15th Street, HB 4000 Augusta, GA 30912 (E-mail: christy.ledford{at}augusta.edu).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 37 (Supplement2) S106-S121; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240130R1

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Christy J. W. Ledford, Jacqueline B. Britz, Melinda L. McKew, Mia V. von Gal, Neha Balachandran, L. A. Middleton, Dean A. Seehusen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 37 (Supplement2) S106-S121; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240130R1
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