MAFP Advocacy Blog

On this blog, you’ll find legislative updates, invitations to take action on proposed legislation, advocacy tools, clinical practice resources and family medicine voices.
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MAFP Legislative Committee co-chair and Duluthian Jamie Conniff, MD, MPH, testified before the Duluth City Council in support of a proposed ordinance to ban conversion therapy for minors. The council...
In response to a resolution from our 2019 House of Delegates, we have compiled a list of online resources regarding social media use and its effects on teens and tweens....
Family medicine resident physician Stephanie Aldrin, MD, shares how St. Joseph's Hospital serves St. Paul and invites you to share your #StJoesServesStPaul stories....
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Health Equity Task Force members Ebiere Okah, MD, and Andrea Westby, MD, FAAFP, share about the use of race in medical research, practice and clinical...
Minnesota family docs are on the frontlines of the opioid crisis, caring for patients with opioid use disorder. We're proud of the work being done across our state to fight...