CAFP believes that the neglect and mistreatment of marginalized communities affects health and must be opposed. (BoD 7.15.17) Hate crimes and violence against religious, sexual, and racial minorities pose direct harm to patients. These problems are compounded by disparities in access to quality health care. CAFP opposes prejudice in all health care settings and communities. (BoD 2-1-2017)
CAFP policy also states that every person has a right to comprehensive, high-quality health services delivered in a timely, culturally-competent and economically sustainable manner regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, geographic location, income, health status or immigration status. Moreover, access to health care insurance should be universal and continuous and individuals should not be denied health care coverage, have their coverage limited or otherwise capped or cancelled based on a current or pre-existing health care condition(s), age, gender identity, sexual orientation, geographic location, income, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, health status or immigration status. (BoD 7.15.17)
In addition, existing policy allows CAFP to support cross-cultural training for family practice residents and CAFP supports eliminating the use of race as a proxy for biology and genetics, and developing policies to ensure this is communicated in CAFP education. (BoD 7/20)
Shannon Connolly MD FAAFP, JEDI Chair
Thank you for visiting our diversity, equity, and inclusion webpage. The CAFP recognizes that we have a lot of work to do to advance health equity in California and beyond, and we’re actively developing resources for family doctors, including this web page. I hope that it will be a useful place for you to visit, whether you are looking for an article to share with your residents, or a toolkit for addressing social determinants of health, or you just want to know more about implicit bias.
As you use this page, please feel free to give us feedback on what resources you find most useful, and also, what resources you would like to see added. These can be books, podcasts, journal articles, or videos. If something struck a chord with you or helped you to think differently and you want to share it with colleagues, let us know! You can do this either by posting on our SPARK Community or by emailing CAFP staff. Please also check out some of our great equity-focused CME, which you can find on our "Homeroom" page.
In November 2021, our board of directors created our current three-year strategic plan and centered equity work in this document. In March of 2023, the Board voted to create an enduring Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, to continue this important work. I know many of you are also working on your own DEI initiatives in your organizations. I look forward to hearing about your work, and learning and growing together with you.
AAFP Health Equity: Leading the Change
Free CME for AAFP Members. AAFP invites you to promote better health for your patients with a five-part self-study learning series.
Structural Racism in Academic Family Medicine
Building Community Strategies to Address social Determinants of Health
Guide to Social Needs Screening Tool
Project Implicit - Take the Test
Diversity and Equity 21 Day Challenge
Preventing Racial and Ethnic Biases During Pandemics and Other Crises (California Health Care Foundation)
STFM Journal: Diversity in the Family Medicine Workforce
UCSF: Racism and Race: The Use of Race in Medicine and Implications for Health Equity Event Series
11 Harmful Types of Unconscious Bias and How to Interrupt Them
Implicit Bias and Structural Racialization
Medical Journals Blind to Racism as Health Crisis, Critics Say
Diversity Improves Performance and Outcomes
Creating Real Change at Academic Medical Centers — How Social Movements Can Be Timely Catalysts
Diversity & Equity Among the LGBTQ+ Population: Where Do We Stand in the Cardiovascular Community?
Women in Leadership: Addressing Challenges and Strategies for Success
The Heart of Hard Conversations with Brené Brown with Aiko Bethea
The Nocturnists: Black Voices in Healthcare
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram
CAFP does not endorse or promote any particular product on this page. The resources listed are meant to provide opportunities for individual and professional growth for any and all members. If you would like to submit a resource, or have a question, please email us at cafp@familydocs.org.
