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Chapter 6: The Family History Public Health Initiative
Figure 1. Example: Proposed scheme for using family history to guide
and inform prevention
Familial Risk Classification | ||||
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Family History Tool (Family Healthware) |
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Average |
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Standard Public Health Prevention Recommendations |
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Above Average |
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Personalized Prevention Recommendations |
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Much Above Average |
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Personalized Prevention Recommendations and Referral for Genetic Evaluation |
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Contact Us:
- CDC-INFO Contact Center
Phone: 800-232-4636 (800-CDC-INFO)
Hearing Impaired: 888-232-6348 - cdcinfo@cdc.gov
- Additional information for Public Health Genomics is available on our contact page.
