Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: According to the US Census Bureau, the United States is home to 331 million people, representing a tapestry of ages, abilities, languages, races, ethnicities, genders, and lived experiences. 1 Family medicine, with its mission to offer continuing and holistic care for all people, is uniquely positioned to address the challenges of meeting the diversity of patient needs and also the complexity of providing comprehensive health care in an equitable and culturally sensitive manner.2,3 By leading interprofessional teams, promoting preventive care, guiding patients through the intricacies of the health care system, and leveraging data to manage population-level outcomes, family physicians provide care for all people and serve as vital connectors between clinical care and community well-being.Embedded in the community as partners, family physicians optimize health by developing and implementing evidencebased practices to achieve greater health for all.These actions that define family medicine's identity were affirmed and reaffirmed by the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2024.4 However, to truly meet the needs of such a diverse population, the health care workforce itself must embody this diversity-bringing varied perspectives, cultural sensitivity, and lived experiences to the forefront of care delivery.
Source: Family Medicine
Authors: Octavia Amaechi, Yohualli B. Anaya
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408217701