Background: Recent decreases in the number of students entering family medicine has
prompted reconsideration of what is known about the factors affecting specialty choice. Methods: …

Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) bring legal services into health care settings to address
patients’ unmet legal needs. This pilot project examined whether MLP services impact …

Background Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been associated with an increased
risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), whereas the association with artificially sweetened beverages (…

Background and Objectives: Domestic violence (DV) is a common, under-recognized source
of visits to health care professionals. Even when recognized, physicians are reluctant to …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of factors related to self‐esteem,
both cross‐sectionally and longitudinally, among 2 cohorts of girls over a period of …

Introduction Although numerous studies have examined cultural competence training, debate
still exists about efficacious approaches to this training. Furthermore, little focus has been …

Background: Historically, marital status has been associated with lower mortality and
transitions into marriage were generally accompanied by improved health status. Conversely, …

Methods A questionnaire was sent to all physicians who graduated from 24 medical schools
in 1997-1999, and who entered a family medicine residency, and a randomly selected …

Background: Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in family medicine with few clinical
treatment options. We implemented and evaluated a group office-visit intervention by family …

Background. Despite a need for better physician pain management education, there are no
widely accepted assessment or outcome measures to support this work. Objective. Create a …