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From Pipeline to Practice: Supporting Family Physicians as a Maternal Health Solution

Mario DeMarco and Christine Chang Pecci
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2026, 39 (1) 159497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2026.260118R0
Mario DeMarco
1 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania https://ror.org/00b30xv10
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Christine Chang Pecci
2 Department of Family and Community Medicine University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
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