... patients at increased risk for hereditary cancer using family health history (FHx) and clinical practice guideline (CPG) criteria. We built a tool, “ItRunsInMyFamily” (ItRuns) that automates FHx collection and risk assessment using CPGs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ItRuns by measuring...

...Kayla de la Haye; Calandra Whitted; Laura M. Koehly Introduction: Family Health Histories (FHH) have been endorsed by the surgeon general as a powerful yet underutilized tool for identifying individuals at risk for complex chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. FHH tools...

...Caitlin G. Allen; Cam Escoffery; Regine Haardörfer; Colleen M. McBride Introduction: Public willingness to collect personal family health history (FHH) assessments is integral to implement population screening to identify those at high cancer risk who could benefit most from lifesaving...

...Sarah N. Thomas; Shelly R. Hovick; Naomi Tan; Amy C. Sturm; Kevin Sweet Background: Family health history tools have the ability to improve health outcomes and promote patient-provider communication, but some research suggests their effectiveness is limited. Tool design features may heavily...

...Andrea F. Goergen; Sato Ashida; Kaley Skapinsky; Hendrik D. de Heer; Anna V. Wilkinson; Laura M. Koehly Background: This study investigated diabetes and heart disease family health history (FHH) knowledge and changes after providing personalized disease risk feedback. Methods: A total of 497 adults...

...), resource (infrastructure, funding, and technology), and sociocultural factors. [email protected] 12 03 2015 21 05 2015 26 6 2015 Genomics Translational research Genomic medicine Next-generation sequencing Genetic testing Family health history Global health...

...W.F. Cohn; M.E. Ropka; S.L. Pelletier; J.R. Barrett; M.B. Kinzie; M.B. Harrison; Z. Liu; S. Miesfeldt; A.L. Tucker; B.B. Worrall; J. Gibson; I.M. Mullins; K.S. Elward; J. Franko; T.M. Guterbock; W.A. Knaus A detailed family health history is currently the most potentially useful tool for diagnosis...

.... Document complexity Family health history Genetic literacy Health literacy Readability National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Table 2 Reading grade level of family history tools A total of 25 family history tools included fill-in sections or questions...

...K.A. Kaphingst; C.R. Lachance; A. Gepp; L. Hoyt D’Anna; B. Rios-Ellis Background: Family health history (FHH) is a tool used to inform individuals about inherited disease risk. Due to their disproportionate morbidity and mortality from some common chronic diseases, U.S. Latinos are an important...