... to 38.9%; OR 3.65, p = 0.01, 95% CI 1.38–9.61). Conclusions: Providing genetic educational outreach has a positive impact upon how confident primary care staff feel in dealing with patient queries over familial cancers, particularly in relation to bowel cancer. Further research is needed to explore...

...Susan B. Trinidad; Kelly Fryer-Edwards; Anthony Crest; Penny Kyler; Michele A. Lloyd-Puryear; Wylie Burke Background/Aims: This study was performed to identify primary care physicians’ (PCPs) attitudes toward genetic medicine and their perceived needs for education in this area. Methods...

...) to understand the information needs of primary care physicians (GPs). Objectives: To determine whether a knowledge gap is recognised, how GPs currently attempt to overcome it, and what features of an information resource are preferred by GPs. Methods: GPs of children affected by osteogenesis imperfecta...

... will, for a proportion of patients at least, change significantly. The primary care provider will become more like a pilot, working with patients to plot the best course of action from a range of possible options to the destination which provides the best (or perhaps the least worst) outcome for the patient or his...

.... Methods: A prospective descriptive study was carried out with 193 women referred by their GP regarding a family history of breast cancer to a genetics clinic or breast clinic in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire over a one-year period. Results: Women who presented to primary care about a family history...

...Sara E. Kolb; Maricela C. Aguilar; Maura W. Dinenberg; Celia I. Kaye Objectives: The purpose of this project was to improve genetic service provision for the unserved patients in Texas Public Health Region VIII by providing primary care providers with the skills necessary to participate...

.... The practical implications for health services, including primary care, can be explored through existing genetic screening programmes, e.g. for haemoglobin disorders, Tay-Sachs disease or cystic fibrosis. © 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel 2001 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved...

... not meet couples’ need for early information and access to early prenatal diagnosis. Genetic information and screening should also be provided in primary care, either before pregnancy or as soon as a pregnancy is notified [ 24, 25 ]. The existence of registers was a necessary (though not a sufficient...

... preparation for conception is the earliest and probably the most important effort to prevent genetic diseases. Reproductive health Periconceptional service Primary care Preparation of conception Protection of early pregnancy (1) The genetic risk of participants was estimated on the basis...

.... Objectives: In 1995, AAPCHO was funded for a 3-year national genetics training project to improve genetics training among primary care providers at CHCs and strengthen linkages with tertiary genetic centers (TGCs). Three model linkages between CHCs and TGCs were documented on the coordination of genetic...

...Susan J. Hayflick; M. Patrice Eiff Fruits of the Human Genome Project are already transforming health care. Primary care providers, regardless of specialty, will need to integrate new genetics knowledge into routine practice in order to fulfill their role in genetics services delivery...