RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Uniting Public Health and Primary Care for Healthy Communities in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP S203 OP S209 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200458 VO 34 IS Supplement A1 Westfall, John M. A1 Liaw, Winston A1 Griswold, Kim A1 Stange, Kurt A1 Green, Larry A. A1 Phillips, Robert A1 Bazemore, Andrew A1 Jaén, Carlos Roberto A1 Hughes, Lauren S. A1 DeVoe, Jen A1 Gullett, Heidi A1 Puffer, James C. A1 Gotler, Robin S. YR 2021 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/Supplement/S203.abstract AB The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has laid bare the dis-integrated health care system in the United States. Decades of inattention and dwindling support for public health, coupled with declining access to primary care medical services have left many vulnerable communities without adequate COVID-19 response and recovery capacity. “Health is a Community Affair” is a 1966 effort to build and deploy local communities of solution that align public health, primary care, and community organizations to identify health care problem sheds, and activate local asset sheds. After decades of independent effort, the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to reunite and align the shared goals of public health and primary care. Imagine how different things might look if we had widely implemented the recommendations from the 1966 report? The ideas and concepts laid out in “Health is a Community Affair” still offer a COVID-19 response and recovery approach. By bringing public health and primary care together in community now, a future that includes a shared vision and combined effort may emerge.