Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in AFP

Content on Cultural Competency, Health Equity, and Racism

Issue Content

• Addressing Cardiovascular Disparities in South Asian People [Editorial]
• Avoiding Racist and Judgmental Clinical Documentation: Helping to Achieve Health Equity [Lown Right Care: Reducing Overuse and Underuse]
  
• Primary Care's Role in Eliminating Inequities in Kidney Transplant [Editorial]
• Addressing Disparities in Infertility Care [Editorial]
  
• Reconsidering the Use of Race in Spirometry Interpretation [Editorial]
• Common Dermatologic Conditions in Skin of Color
  
• Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in AFP [Editorial]
• Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Medicine [Editorial]
• Distribution of Spanish-Speaking Family Physicians, 2013-2019 [Graham Center Policy One-Pager]
  
• Racial Disparities at the End of Life
  
• Fallacies and Dangers of Practicing Race-Based Medicine
• Using Race with Caution in the ASCVD Calculator
  
• Clinical Considerations in Caring for Transgender Athletes
  
• We're Listening and Taking Action on Racism and Health Inequities
  
• Health Equity in Preventive Services: The Role of Primary Care
  
• Race-Based Treatment Decisions Perpetuate Structural Racism
• Skin Disorders in Patients with Skin of Color
• Medical Content Should Be Equitable and Inclusive of Diverse Populations
• Social Determinants of Health: Family Physicians' Leadership Role
  
• Refugee Mental Health: A Primary Care Approach
• Primary Care for Refugees: Challenges and Opportunities
• Acting on Social Determinants of Health: A Primer for Family Physicians
  
• Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals
  
• Caring for Latino Patients
  
• A Morally Reprehensible Patient
  
• Culturally Competent Family Medicine: Transforming Clinical Practice and Ourselves
  
• Cross-Cultural Medicine

• Clinical Documentation, Racism, and Health Inequity
• Increasing Recognition of Parkinson Disease in Black Patients
• Reassessing Race-Based Clinical Prediction Tools
  
• Nutrition Disparities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
• Addressing Racism and Health Inequities: A Call to Action 
• Week in Review: Unethical Research, Hydroxychloroquine RCT, and Structural Racism
• Air Pollution May Contribute to COVID-19 Disparities 
• Who Isn’t Receiving Colon Cancer Screening?

AFP by Topic

• Ethnic Minorities

Content Collection on Systemic Racism and Health Disparities by the Family Medicine Community

AFP Podcast

Discussion of Anti-Racism

Hosts Ramla N. Kasozi, MD, MPH, and James Smith MD, MPH, board certified family physicians and recent residency graduates, welcome special guest Renee Crichlow, MD, family medicine faculty and leader, for a discussion of anti-racism, building community, breaking down barriers for medical education and minoritized students and faculty, and the importance of a patron in your career. Drs. Kasozi and Smith share their own thoughts on racism and its role in the history of medical education, challenges for minoritized learners in medical education, and their 10 suggestions about what you can do right now. EXPLORE AFP PODCAST

Suggestions from Drs. Kasozi and Smith, AFP podcast hosts, about what to read, watch, and listen to.

Read
Coates T-N. Between the World and Me. Spiegel and Grau; 2015.
Garrison CB. The lonely only: physician reflections on race, bias, and residency program leadership. Fam Med. 2019;51(1):59-60.
Grubbs V. Diversity, equity, and inclusion that matter. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(4):e25.
Kendi IX. How To Be an Antiracist. One World; 2019.
McIntosh P. White privilege: unpacking the invisible knapsack. July/August 1989. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://psychology.umbc.edu/files/2016/10/White-Privilege_McIntosh-1989.pdf
Wilkerson I. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. Vintage Books; 2011.
Wusu MH, Tepperberg S, Weinberg JM, et al. Matching our mission: a strategic plan to create a diverse family medicine residency. Fam Med. 2019;51(1):31-36.

Watch
DuVernay A. 13th. Accessed October 10, 2021. http://www.avaduvernay.com/13th  

Listen
Demby G; National Public Radio. Code switch: the United States’ pre-existing conditions. August 26, 2020. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/25/905846282/the-united-states-pre-existing-conditions
Lindo E. The Praxis: let’s focus on racism. January 31, 2020. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-focus-on-racism/id1495416316?i=1000464232824
New York Times. 1619. Updated June 10, 2020. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
Okulo M. Battle Cry: episode 44: Dr. Ramla Kasozi (The current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in graduate medical education). September 13, 2021. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/battle-cry/episode-44-dr-ramla-kasozi-kLZ53jwbKQS/
Tiako MJN, Hardeman R. Flip the script: black medical students’ mental well-being. February 17, 2021. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-medical-students-mental-well-being/id1402777078?i=1000509543663