... included a mock consent form with corresponding knowledge and opinion questions regarding AD. The surveys were mailed to participants from the University of Kentucky Alzheimer’s Disease Center and to a list of randomly selected individuals within the same age range from a local voter registration list...

... in the Dutch general population. Studied variables included awareness, principles and how-to knowledge, attitude, innovativeness, and multiple demographic characteristics. Generalised linear models were applied to identify associated variables. Results: Full data was obtained for 836 respondents. Of those...

... to in the content or advertisements. Genetic literacy Genetic education Awareness Knowledge Knowledge gap Population survey Genetic testing Health information Health communication As advances in genetic and genomic medicine are harnessed for the prevention, detection, and treatment of rare...

...Duaa Olwi; Leena Merdad; Eman Ramadan Background: Genetic testing has been gradually permeating the practice of medicine. Health-care providers may be confronted with new genetic approaches that require genetically informed decisions which will be influenced by patients' knowledge of genetics...

...Courtney L. Scherr; Juliette Christie; Susan T. Vadaparampil Background: Previous studies found genetic counseling increased participants' knowledge about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). However, most explored knowledge gain in unaffected women and the scale most commonly used does...

...H. Etchegary; M. Cappelli; B. Potter; M. Vloet; I. Graham; M. Walker; B. Wilson Background: Increasing numbers of health care users may be confronted with new genetic knowledge and discoveries that offer new types of medical decision-making. How people use these new insights and make decisions...