Our Initiatives & Programs

Promoting and improving the overall health of North Carolinians is the Foundation's top priority. The NCAFP/F works to implement programs and initiatives that raise awareness of key health issues, foster improvements in the practice of medicine, and work to enhance the collaborative relationships between family medicine and the greater medical community

Current Statewide Initiatives

NC Adolescent Obesity & Inactivity Project - This is a statewide effort to reduce obesity in North Carolina's adolescent population. We're working to enhance and improve healthy living and lifestyle choices through frontline intervention and by connecting patients to existing resources.

NC Health Disparities Educational Initiative - Multi-cultural competency helps physicians to deliver better care.

Improving Performance in Practice - This effort is fostering quality of physicians....

The NC Tar Wars Program - A pro-health, tobacco-free education program and poster contest for fifth-graders. Physician and health care providers present an interactive lesson on the short-term effects of tobacco use, the reasons why people use tobacco and images used to market tobacco. The program motivates youth to make positive health choices. For more information, go to Tar Wars page

Into the Mouths of Babes Dental Varnish Project - This program trains medical providers to offer preventive oral health services to high-risk children under age 3. Oral screening, dental varnish and parent education are provided. For additional information, contact Kelly Haupt, Program Coordinator at (919) 833-2110, ext. 102.

Developing Family Medicine's Future Physicians

Medical students at each of North Carolina's four medical schools represent the future of primary care and family medicine. The NCAFP/F suports their education and training by working with each medical school and offering programs that introduce future physicians to the family medicine specialty.

Family Medicine Interest Groups - Sponsoring student-led interest groups at each of the four medical schools located in NC. The Foundation provides funding for student activities and projects relating to family medicine and preventative health care.

Family Medicine Externship Program - This program allows first-year medical students the opportunity to spend four weeks shadowing a family physician. The object of the program is to reach medical students early in their education and encourage them to consider the specialty of family medicine.

Family Medicine Scholarships - The Foundation offers scholarships to medical students interested in practicing family medicine. If the student does not complete his/her residency in Family Medicine, the scholarship is converted to a loan.