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Second National Conference on Genetics and Disease Prevention

Integrating Genetics into Public Health Policy, Research, and Practice

This on-line summary is intended to provide public health professionals with a timely synopsis of conference themes and highlights, which will aid in the using genetic information in disease prevention research and practice. Abstracts from the concurrent sessions will be published in the journal, Community Genetics, at: ©1999 S. Karger, AG Basel.

The summary includes notes and recollections from the keynote, plenary, luncheon, and closing sessions. Any findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this summary do not necessarily reflect the views of the conference sponsors or the individual speakers.

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I.  Scientific and Technological Advances

• Progress of the Human Genome Project
• Discoveries in Molecular Biology
• Developments in Technology
• Emerging Field of Genetic Medicine

II.  Societal Issues

• Psychological and Familial Impact
• Ethnic and Community Perspectives
• Privacy and Confidentiality

III.  Genetics and Public Health

• Population-Based Research
• Infrastructure and Capacity Building
• Information and Education Efforts
• Policy and Legislation Issues
• Service Delivery Challenges

IV.  List of Speakers

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