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Panel Assesses Evidence for the Collection and Use of Family Health History Information – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. A connection between family history and an individual's own health is evident. But the different ways information is collected, recorded and analyzed isn’t necessarily the most effective.
Dr. Berg: Family history questionnaires are not standardized.
Narrator: Dr. Alfred Berg is from the University of Washington in Seattle and a Panel Chair for an NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Family History and Improving Health.
Dr. Berg: The questions may be imbedded in complex risk assessment tools along with other demographic and health factors and even the definition of family varies when you look at it from the perspective of geneticists, generalists, specialists and clinicians, family therapists and members of some ethnic and cultural groups.
Narrator: For details, visit consensus.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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