Home Research Research Library The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities 2021 Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Maternity Care, Population Health, Rural, Shortage Areas, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Of family physicians who perform cesarean sections, more than half do so in rural communities and 38.6% provide cesarean sections in counties without any obstetrician/gynecologists. As policymakers in the United States struggle with a widening landscape of ‘obstetrical deserts,’ efforts to adequately train a family physician workforce prepared to provide cesarean sections could help maintain access to local obstetric services in rural communities and reduce perinatal morbidity and mortality. ABFM Research Read all 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study 2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Eden, Aimee R, Morgan, Zachary J, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, JABFM Policy Brief, Maternity Care, Population Health, Rural, Shortage Areas, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance 2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study 2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care 2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
2015 Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance Go to Family physicians’ scope of practice and American Board of Family Medicine recertification examination performance
2025 Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study Go to Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Primary Care and Its Patient-Level Variation: An American Family Cohort Study
2024 Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care Go to Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care
2014 Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives Go to Which family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants or certified nurse midwives
