See also:
Community and Migrant Health Centers
Migrant Health Care
Criminalization of Medical Practice
Essential Community Provider
Health Benefits
Homelessness
Undocumented Patients, Criminalization of Care Provided to
Urban/Inner-City Training Program in Family Medicine
This was successfully posted to your pofile.
This box will close automatically in a few seconds. Close this window
We don't have an e-mail address on file for you. To use AAFP Connection, you must have an e-mail address in our records. Click Here
Medically Underserved
The American Academy of Family Physicians reaffirms its commitment to the medically underserved of this country and urges each and every one of its members to become involved personally in improving the health of people from minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.
The Academy supports:
The Academy supports:
- cooperation between local family physicians and community health centers;
- promotion of health education in schools, faith-based organizations, and community groups;
- continuation of beneficial programs, which serve to promote health and disease prevention;
- simplified regulations and improved payment, which encourage the establishment and success of physician practices in underserved areas; and
- development of programs which encourage the provision of services by physicians and other health care professionals in underserved areas.
(1982) (2008)
