Development and evaluation of a brief self-completed family history screening tool for common chronic disease prevention in primary care

Fiona M Walter, A Toby Prevost, Linda Birt, Nicola Grehan, Kathy Restarick, Helen C Morris, Stephen Sutton, Peter Rose, Sarah Downing, Jon D Emery

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Abstract

Family history is an important risk factor for many common chronic diseases, but it remains underutilised for diagnostic assessment and disease prevention in routine primary care.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e393-400
JournalBritish Journal of General Practice
Volume63
Issue number611
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Chronic Disease
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • England
  • Female
  • General Practice
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Medical Records
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Pedigree
  • Primary Health Care
  • Primary Prevention
  • Program Development
  • Program Evaluation
  • Questionnaires
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Sampling Studies
  • Sex Factors

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