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Overview
The Academy believes that all people should attain the highest level of health. This includes the capacity to heal and to function within the contexts of family, community, and environment. Numerous social, genetic, and environmental factors influence health to varying degrees, and an individual s health is not measured simply by the absence of disease. Unfortunately, research clearly shows and documents the greater burdens of illness, disease, and death experienced by racial and ethnic minorities in this country.
The AAFP supports Health in All Policies as a strategy to improve population health and advance health equity and has developed a toolkit for physicians through the EveryONE Project.