Findings from a community education needs assessment to facilitate the integration of genomic medicine into primary care

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 587-593

  Christianson, Carol A ^a   Powell, Karen Potter ^a   Hahn, Susan Estabrooks ^b   Bartz, Deborah ^a   Roxbury, Tiese ^a   Blanton, Susan H ^b   Vance, Jeffery M ^b   Pericak Vance, Margaret ^b   Telfair, Joseph ^c   Henrich, Vincent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

community survey; educational needs assessment; educational plan; family history; genomic medicine; physician education; public knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957235572     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181ed3f97     Document Type: Article

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