Precision Public Health and Genomic Medicine
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2018) | Viewed by 39004
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer genetic counseling and hereditary cancer risk assessment; implementing genomic screening; family history screening for risk assessment; communication in genetics; behavioral and psychosocial impact of genomic information; patient and provider engagement in genomics and research
Interests: novel genetic and genomic counseling service delivery models; cardiovascular genetic and genomic counseling; familial hypercholesterolemia; behavioral impact of genomic information; patient activation following receipt of genomic risk information; novel, active cascade screening methods
Interests: genetic education; genetic service delivery; population based genetic risk assessment; health outcomes; provider education and training in genetics; behavioral outcomes of genetic counseling and testing; health disparities in access to genetic services
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The landscape of genomics is changing rapidly in this era of precision medicine, with expanded use of genomic information to guide not only individual care but population health as well. Translating genomics knowledge from the area of individual testing to improving population health is public health genomics. With the advent of the Precision Medicine Initiative (now All of us), the Cancer Moonshot, and the continued focus on genomic screening for conditions with top-tier evidence for population-based implementation (such as Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Lynch syndrome, and Familial Hypercholesterolemia), we are inching closer to the promise of disease prevention, early detection, and reduced morbidity and mortality on the population level.
This Special Issue will focus on the latest findings, challenges, and debate in precision public health and genomic medicine. Studies across diverse populations and clinical care settings are welcome. Multiple disciplines including behavioral research, implementation science, sociology, anthropology, communications, health economics, clinical genetics, genetic counseling, epidemiology, and health systems research will be featured in this Special Issue to highlight the multi-faceted research that is leading the way forward in this new era.
Alanna Kulchak Rahm, PhD, MS, LGCGuest Editors
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Keywords
- genomics
- public health genomics
- genetics
- implementation
- communication
- genetic counseling
- population screening
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