Family Medicine editors collaborate towards antiracist publishing

Key pointsEditors of 10 North American Family Medicine journals simultaneously published a Joint Call for Action to address systemic racism and encourage diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility/antiracism (DEIA) initiatives in medicine and medical publishing in January 2021.The efforts of the journals since publication of the joint editorial are summarized and include working to diversify editorial teams, editorial boards and authors; enhanced content about DEIA topics; mentoring of authors who are underrepresented in medicine (URM); and presenting content related to DEIA in Family Medicine publishing at national meetings.Editors had a follow up meeting in November 2022 to continue working toward a common goal of reducing racism and increasing DEIA initiatives in Family Medicine publications.

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Editors of 10 North American Family Medicine journals published a Joint Call for Action in January 2021 to address systemic racism and encourage diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility/antiracism (DEIA) initiatives. Since then, the journals have taken actions such as diversifying editorial teams, enhancing DEIA content, mentoring underrepresented authors in medicine, and presenting DEIA-related content at national meetings. The editors had a follow-up meeting in November 2022 to continue working towards reducing racism and increasing DEIA initiatives in Family Medicine publications.