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        A Message from the Editor-in-Chief: End of An EraA final goodbye It is with a heavy heart that I write this last piece for Perspectives in Primary Care. Current financial realities have necessitated...
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        An Underrated Barrier to Healthcare: It's Not Just About Cost“Thank you for calling our free clinic. How can I help you?” I have spent countless hours listening to the pleas of people in desperate need of...
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        A Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry Referral for Health Care Professionals and CaregiversOur aging global population has the potential to enrich our communities, strengthen intergenerational relationships, and help preserve our cultural...
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As of June 30, 2025, Perspectives in Primary Care is no longer active. 
Perspectives in Primary Care features writing from practitioners, activists, and community members representing organizations, practices, and institutions across the United States and around the world.
            
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          Air Quality in Southwest Detroit: A Public Health Crisis
Southwest Detroit is currently battling some of the worst air pollution in the country. In this area, where senior centers and elementary schools sit on the borders of oil refineries, residents suffer from high rates of asthma, cancer, and respiratory illness. Asthma hospitalization rates are
                    
        
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          The Conflict of Culture and Sexuality Among Arab American Women
As Arab American women studying public health at National Arab American Medical Association Next Generation (NAAMA NextGen), we’re passionate about the sexual health of our fellow Arab American women. Though the Arab region extends throughout a vast geographic area in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), resulting in diverse societal norms and cultural values,
                    
        
            
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          Black Birthing Persons Matter—All of Them
A Black trans dad, Kayden Coleman shares his clinical experience during his two pregnancies. He recounts horrible encounters with gestational care providers, such as being offered an abortion a “ridiculous” number of times, misgendered by physicians, virtually forgotten during his postpartum period, and even turned away from care.
                    
        
            
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          Centering the Woman in Maternity Care
Few human experiences match the intensity of stress, pain, exertion, and emotional turmoil as labor. The mortality risk in pregnancy is present for all, though Black women in the United States are
                    
        
            
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          Refugee Agency and Mobile Health Solutions: The Story of Fatima Connect
Refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant women often experience adverse reproductive health outcomes, and
                    
        