Addressing Inequities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake: The Boston Medical Center Health System Experience.

Academic medical centers could play an important role in increasing access to and uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, especially in Black and Latino communities that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. This article describes the vaccination program developed by the Boston Medical Center (BMC) health system (New England's largest safety-net health system), its affiliated community health centers (CHCs), and community partners. The program was based on a conceptual framework for community interventions and aimed to increase equitable access to vaccination in the hardest-hit communities through community-based sites in churches and community centers, mobile vaccination events, and vaccination on the BMC campus.

Socioeconomic Diversity of the Matriculating US Medical Student Body by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex, 2017-2019.

This survey study compares the socioeconomic composition of the 2017 to 2019 matriculating medical student body with that of the US population, by self-identified race and ethnicity and by sex.

Introducing Mass Communications Strategies to Medical Students: A Novel Short Session for Fourth-Year Students.

Problem: The World Health Organization calls on all with quality medical information to share it with the public and combat health misinformation; however, U.S. medical schools do not currently teach students effective communication with lay audiences about health.

Comparison of Medical School Financing Plans Among Matriculating US Medical Students From 2017 to 2019.

This survey study explores US students’ financing plans for medical school overall and by several demographic factors, focusing on race/ethnicity and household income.

12 Tips for Engaging Medical Students in Health Communications.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The proliferation of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic provides a clear example of the harms that can occur when medical professionals do not engage with the public regarding health topics.

Family Medicine, Community, and Race: A Minneapolis Practice Reflects.

The uprisings for racial justice that followed the brutal murder of George Floyd on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota damaged the physical building where a family medicine residency is situated. We discuss the emotions that follow that event and reflect on ways that family medicine should address racism and discrimination. We also call on those in family medicine to work more in the communities that we serve, and to make advocacy a core part of the identity of family medicine.

Report of the 2019-2020 Strategic Engagement Standing Committee.

For the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) strategic engagement is critical to the success of colleges and schools of pharmacy in expanding pharmacy and public health practice, meeting programmatic needs, and fulfilling institutional missions. The 2019-2020 Strategic Engagement Committee was charged with exploring the collaborative relationships colleges and schools have within their state to advance pharmacy practice. More specifically, this committee was tasked to examine those relationships with current state pharmacy and medical associations.

Formal Advocacy Curricula in Family Medicine Residencies: A CERA Survey of Program Directors.

Background And Objectives: Health advocacy has been declared an essential physician skill in numerous professional physician charters. However, there is limited literature on whether, and how, family medicine residencies teach this skill. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of a formal mandatory advocacy curriculum among US family medicine residencies, barriers to implementation, and what characteristics might predict its presence.

Sexual Health Knowledge of U.S. Medical Students: A National Survey.

Background: Sexual health is a critical component of overall wellness; however, only half of U.S. medical schools currently require formal instruction in sexuality.

Patient Mortality in Geriatric Distal Femur Fractures.

Objectives: To estimate 1-year mortality rates in elderly patients who undergo operative treatment for distal femur fractures and identify potential risk factors for mortality.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Level 1 and Level 2 trauma centers.

Early prediction of tibial and femoral fracture healing: Are we reliable?

Introduction: To evaluate the ability of orthopaedic trauma subspecialists to predict early bony union in femoral and tibia shaft fractures.

Materials And Methods: Eight orthopaedic trauma subspecialists prospectively predicted the probability of bony union at 6 and 12 weeks post-operatively for an aggregate of 48 femoral and tibial shaft fractures treated at a Level 1 trauma centre. An additional orthopaedic trauma subspecialist was blinded to treating surgeon and adjudicated healing at 18 weeks.

All in the family: correlations between parents' and adolescent siblings' weight and weight-related behaviors.

Objective: To examine whether and how parents' and adolescent siblings' weight and weight-related behaviors are correlated. Results will inform which family members may be important to include in adolescent obesity prevention interventions.

Methods: Data from two linked population-based studies, EAT 2010 and F-EAT, were used for cross-sectional analyses.

Biomechanical analysis of augmented plate fixation for the treatment of vertical shear femoral neck fractures.

Objectives: To compare the strength of augmented versus nonaugmented fixation techniques for stabilizing vertical shear femoral neck fractures.

Methods: Two surgical screw constructs were tested with and without augmentation using 40 composite femurs: (1) 7.3-mm cannulated screws placed in an inverted triangular configuration and (2) 135-degree dynamic hip screw (DHS).

Breast and cervical cancer screening patterns among American Indian women at IHS clinics in Montana and Wyoming.

Objectives: We investigated factors associated with primary and secondary breast and cervical cancer screening among American Indian (AI) women receiving care from the Indian Health Service (IHS) in Montana and Wyoming.

Methods: Rates of primary screening (i.e.