Health Heritage©, a web-based tool for the collection and assessment of family health history: Initial user experience and analytic validity

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 477-491

  Cohn, W F ^a   Ropka, M E ^a,b,d   Pelletier, S L ^c   Barrett, J R ^a   Kinzie, M B ^g   Harrison, M B ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Miesfeldt, S ^f   Tucker, A L ^a   Worrall, B B ^a   Gibson, J ^a   Mullins, I M ^a   Elward, K S ^c   Franko, J ^e   Guterbock, T M ^a,g   Knaus, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Fox Chase Center   (United States)

^e East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^f Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic history; Family genetic screening, genetics, web tool; Family health history; Genetic test; Health history; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650227584     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000294415     Document Type: Article

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