Increasing Use and Impact of Family Health History in Medically Underserved Populations
November 14, 2:00-3:30 pm ET
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Family health history is a risk factor for many common chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. Knowing a patient’s family health history can aid in earlier diagnoses of genetic conditions, refine disease risk assessments, inform timing and type of preventive interventions, and motivate behavior change. Despite years of public health work promoting its use, family health history remains underutilized in clinical care, especially among medically underserved populations. This webinar will focus on challenges, needs, and approaches to increasing the use and impact of family health history in medically underserved populations, both nationally and globally.
Nadeem Qureshi, MD
Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
School of Medicine
University of Nottingham Medical School
Kimberly A. Kaphingst, ScD
Professor, Department of Communication
Director of Cancer Communication Research, Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Grant Wood
Independent Advisor on Clinical Genomics Technology
Webinar will be followed by a meeting of the National Family Health History Working Group Panel. All are welcome to join.
Selected References
- Health equity in the implementation of genomics and precision medicine: A public health imperative.
MJ Khoury et al, Genetics in Medicine, April 28, 2022 - Family history tools for primary care: A systematic review.
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- Improving primary care identification of familial breast cancer risk using proactive invitation and decision support.
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Hosted by
- Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, CDC Office of Science
- Precision Public Health Network
- National Family Health History Working Group