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Family-centered Pregnancy Care CME course, July 20—23 in Denver, CO. Reconnect in person with your family medicine peers. Manage common maternal and pregnancy complications and achieve optimal maternal and fetal outcomes.

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Keep up with the latest information on COVID-19 including developments in vaccine efficacy and availability, new variants, and more by visiting the AAFP's COVID-19 vaccine hub.

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Connect in person with residency programs and gain hands-on experience in family medicine at National Conference 2022, July 28–30 in Kansas City, MO. Savings extended to July 7 – save $50 now.

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PerformanceNavigator Workshop: Cardiometabolic Conditions | September 8-10 | Minneapolis, MN | Satisfy your Family Medicine Certification's Performance Improvement and Self-Assessment Activities—all in one program.

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Use the AAFP's new member directory to connect with colleagues. Search by location, residency program, and more. Privacy settings put you in control of what information, if any, you want to share with others.

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Advocacy

Family physicians objected to a sweeping rule that would have added administrative complexity to practices and disrupted patient care. Now HHS has repealed it.

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News

A new report on COVID-19 vaccines from the Kaiser Family Foundation emphasizes the challenges family physicians and other health care professionals are facing as they try to combat misinformation and increase vaccine confidence.

Three Important Rules When Kids Find a Gun: Stop. Run Away. Tell an Adult.

Three Important Rules When Kids Find a Gun: Stop. Run Away. Tell an Adult.
Gun safety is a topic that affects virtually every household. Everyone wants to ensure children are safe, both in their own homes and when they venture into the outside world. Gun safety at home—keeping the firearm and ammunition in separate, locked locations—is the most important safety precaution parents can take. Teaching children to stop, don’t touch, go away and tell an adult when they see a gun is equally vital. And parents should know about firearms in the homes of friends, relatives and others where their children may visit.

AAFP Resources

AAFP Position Paper on Prevention of Gun Violence
www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/prevention-gun-violence.html The American Academy of Family Physicians supports primary prevention strategies to reduce the injuries and deaths associated with gun ownership and violence. The AAFP believes that federal and state policies can balance the right to own firearms with health, safety, and societal well-being.

Gun Violence, Prevention of (Position Paper)
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/gun-violence.html Gun violence should be considered a public health issue, not a political one—an epidemic that needs to be addressed with research and evidence-based strategies that can reduce morbidity and mortality.

AAFP News/Blogs
Let's Start by Treating Gun Violence as Public Health Issue – Leader Voices (2018)
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180221fp-gunviolence.html
Two Common-sense Interventions Could Prevent Gun-related Deaths – Leader Voices 2017
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/two_common_sense_interventions_could.html
AFP: Preventing Gun Violence: The Role of Family Physicians (Editorial)
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/journals/afp/GunViolenceEditorial.pdf or https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0715/ePub1.html

Patient Education
Gun Safety https://familydoctor.org/gun-safety/
Gun Safety for Kids https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/gun-safety.html
Gun Safety for Parents https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/gun-safety.html
Household Safety for Preventing Injuries from Firearms https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/safety-firearms.html

Video
Watch this familydoctor.org public service announcement to learn more about gun safety.