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Additional Family History Resources
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
(OGDP) has embarked on a Family History Public Health Initiative.
This initiative, which is being carried
out collaboratively with several CDC programs and NIH Institutes, is evaluating whether
family history information can be used to assess risk of common diseases and influence
early detection and prevention strategies. As a result of these efforts, the US Surgeon
General's Family History Initiative was recently launched to encourage all American families
to learn more about their family health history.
The goal of the initiative is to provide accessible methods for easily obtaining an
accurate family health history. This information can be provided to health care
professionals to help make decisions about screening and other prevention efforts for
specific conditions that run in families. A free copy of
My Family Health Portrait, a
software tool for collection and organization of family health information, can be
downloaded in both English and Spanish.
- The CDC listserv on family history for preventive medicine and public health provides
a forum for health care providers and the public to exchange experiences and expertise
related to the use of family history for disease prevention, including discussions about
ideas and strategies for promoting the use of family history tools. The listserv can also
be used to disseminate relevant information, such as new research findings, meetings and
conference announcements, and information about funding opportunities. To subscribe send
an email to listserv@listserv.gov.
Leave the subject line blank. In the message, type:
subscribe Family-History-List Yourfirstname Yourlastname.
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