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Food Deserts
Throughout the United States, mega-grocery stores are abandoning their rural towns and low-income urban communities for wealthier city edges and prosperous suburbs. Without these businesses, residents in surrounding areas typically lose access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The Lower Lights Christian Health Center opened its doors in 2002 in response to the need for accessible, affordable health care.
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Help Us Celebrate
It’s OAFP’s 70th anniversary and you can help us celebrate by making sure that the specialty of family medicine continues to thrive for another 70 years by making a $70 tax-deductible contribution to the OAFP Foundation.
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Roma Amin, MD
Throughout medical school, I dedicated my time to working with homeless adolescents in inner city Philadelphia. This experience helped me understand the importance of advocacy and population health interventions. It also gave me a greater appreciation for the barriers to health care that many of our patients face.
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EveryONE Project
The EveryONE Project focuses on providing family physicians and their practice teams with education and resources, advocating for health equity, promoting workforce diversity, and collaborating with other disciplines and organizations to advance health equity.
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OAFP Proudly Announces
Gary LeRoy, MD, FAAFP,
for AAFP President-Elect
After serving for three years on the AAFP Board of Directors and nearly 30 years as a dedicated family physician, Gary knows both the challenges and joys of primary care. Framing his work through the lens of first-hand experience, Dr. LeRoy provides a strong voice for family physicians and the patients they serve.
The Ohio Family Physician
A quarterly magazine with features on the joy in family medicine, quality improvement initiatives, member news, and Academy information.
Weekly Family Medicine Update
Stay up-to-date on issues affecting family medicine including health care advocacy and legislation, conference opportunities, and more!