Healthy choices through family history: A community approach to family history awareness

Community Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 343-351

  Petruccio, Claudia ^a   Mills Shaw, Kenna R ^b   Boughman, Joann ^b   Fernandez, Carlos ^a   Harlow, Ilana ^c   Kruesi, Margaret ^c   Kyler, Penny ^e   Lloyd Puryear, Michele A ^e   O'Leary, James ^d   Skillman, Amy ^a   Terry, Sharon ^d   McKain, Fredrika ^a  

^a Institute for Cultural Partnerships   (United States)

^b Society of American Foresters   (United States)

^c American Folklife Center   (United States)

^d GENETIC ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competency; Family health history; Family history; Health disparities; Linguistic competency; Oral history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 49449103306     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000133306     Document Type: Article

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