School Bus Safety
Read AAFP's position on legislative measures to ensure children are safe while being transported on the school bus.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/school-bus-safety.html
Screening
Read the AAFP's position on family physicians' role in advising patients on appropriate screening tests.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/screening.html
Seal, AAFP, Use of
Read the policy and requirements on using the AAFP seal for AAFP use, constituent chapter use and external use.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/seal-use.html
School Safety and Student Mental Health
Read about the AAFP's policy on School Safety and Student Mental Health.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/school-safety.html
Professional Self-Regulation, Competence, and Certification of Physicians
Read AAFP's policy on professional self-regulation, competence, and certification by physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/professional-self-regulation.html
Sexual Assault as a Public Health Issue
Read AAFP's position on Sexual Consent as a Public Health Issue.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/sexualconsent-publichealth.html
Rights, Protections, and Support for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Read AAFP's position on Rights, Protections, and Support for Survivors of Sexual Assault.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/rights-survivors-sexual-assault.html
Solitary Confinement of Youth
Read AAFP's policy on Solitary Confinement of Youth.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/solitary-confinement.html
Evaluation of Family Medicine Specialty Certifying Board, Guiding Principles for the
Read AAFP's policy on guiding principles for the Evaluation of family medicine specialty certifying boards.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/evaluation-family-medicine-certifying-board.html
Specialty Hospitals
Read AAFP's policy on the need for a clearly defined "whole hospital' exception.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/specialty-hospitals.html
Hospital Medical Staff and Other Health Care Organizations, Board Recertification
Read AAFP's policy on board recertification of hospital medical staff and other health care organizations.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-medical-staff-recertification.html
Student Choice of Family Medicine, Incentives for Increasing
Read AAFP's position on strategies and incentives to encourage medical students' choice of family medicine as a career.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/studentchoice-familymedicine.html
Student-Run Free Clinics
AAFP Policy on Student-Run Free Clinics.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/studentrun-freeclinics.html
Substance Use Disorders
Read AAFP's policies on substance use disorders and related health prevention programs.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/substance-use-disorders.html
Sunscreen Usage in Schools
Read the AAFP policy on sunscreen usage in schools.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/sunscreen.html
Teaching, Physician Responsibility
Read the AAFP's support of physicians engaged in physician education and serving in an active teaching role.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/teaching-physicianresponsibility.html
Television, Ethics
Read AAFP's policy on television programming that promotes healthy lifestyles.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/television-ethics.html
Team-Based Care
Read about AAFP's policy on team-based care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/team-based-care.html
Third-Party Payer Credentialing
Read the AAFP's position on the use of a national, standardized health care professional credentialing process.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/third-party-payercredentialing.html
Transparency and Equity in Physician Compensation
Read the AAFP's policy for transparency and equity in physician compensation.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/transparency-equity-physiciancompensation.html
View Only AAFP Discussion Papers
View AAFP discussion papers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/viewonly-discussionpapers.html
View Only AAFP Position Papers
View AAFP position papers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/viewonly-positionpapers.html
Violence, Illegal Acts Against Physicians and Other Health Professionals
Read the AAFP's condemnation of violence or other illegal acts against health care professionals.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/violence-illegal-acts.html
Vision and Principles of a Quality Measurement Strategy for Primary Care (Position Paper)
Read AAFP's recommendations of the Vision and Principles of a Quality Measurement Strategy for Primary Care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/vision-qualiitymeasurement.html
Women's Health Specialty
Read the AAFP's opposition to the creation of a women's health subspecialty.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/womens-health-specialty.html
Diversity in the Workforce
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding diversity of the workforce.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/diversity-workforce.html
View Only AAFP Clinical Policies
View AAFP clinical policies.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/viewonly-clinicalpolicies.html
Antibiotics
Read the AAFP's position on the appropriate use of antibiotic treatment.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/antibiotics.html
Breastfeeding (Policy Statement)
Read the AAFP's policy statement on the benefits of breastfeeding.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/breastfeeding-policy-statement.html
Cesarean Delivery in Family Medicine (Position Paper)
Read the AAFP's position on the role of family physicians in delivering maternity care including cesarean delivery.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/cesarean-delivery-family-medicine.html
Clinical Practice Guidelines Policy
Read the AAFP's policy on the development of patient-center clinical practice guidelines regardless of physician specialty.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/clinical-practice-guidelines-policy.html
Confidentiality, Patient/Physician
Read the AAFP's policy on the need for standardized guidelines governing the confidential relationship between patient and physician.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/confidentiality-patient-physician.html
Cultural Proficiency: The Importance of Cultural Proficiency in Providing Effective ...
Read the AAFP's position paper on the principles for improving care to diverse populations.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/cultural-proficiency-position-paper.html
Culturally Sensitive Interpretive Services - AAFP Legislative Stance
Learn about AAFP's policy on culturally sensitive interpretive services.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/culturally-sensitive-interpretive-services.html
Discrimination, Patient
Read AAFP's policy regarding discrimination of patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/discrimination-patient.html
Discriminatory Policing
Find out the policies surrounding discriminatory policing.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/discriminatory-policing.html
Driver Education
Learn about AAFP's policy on driver education.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/driver-education.html
EGD, Training and Credentialing of Family Physicians In (Position Paper)
Read AAFP's position paper on training and credentialing of family physicians in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/egd-training-credentialing.html
Elder Mistreatment
Learn about AAFP's policy on elder mistreatment.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/elder-mistreatment.html
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
Read the AAFP's policy on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems.html
Equal Opportunity
Read AAFP's policy on equal opportunity.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/equal-opportunity.html
Equality for Same Gender Families
Read AAFP's policy on equality for same-gender families.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/equality-same-gender-families.html
Family Physician Burnout, Well-Being, and Professional Satisfaction (Position Paper)
Read AAFP's position on family physician burnout, well-being, and professional satisfaction.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-physician-burnout.html
Gun Violence, Prevention of (Position Paper)
Read AAFP's position on the prevention of gun violence.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/gun-violence.html
Hate Crimes
Read AAFP's policy regarding hate crimes.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hate-crimes.html
Healthy Foods
Read AAFP's position on supporting the development of healthy food supply chains in supplemental nutrition programs.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/healthy-foods.html
Hospital Bylaws on Low Volume/No Volume Privileging
Learn about AAFP's policy on hospital bylaws on low volume/no volume privileging.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-bylaws-privileging.html
Homelessness
Read about AAFP's policy regarding homelessness.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/homelessness.html
Hospital Medical Staff, Board Certification for Membership
Read about AAFP's policy on board certification of hospital medical staff.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-medical-staff.html
Human Trafficking
Learn about AAFP's policy on human trafficking.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/human-trafficking.html