FHH in Health Centers | Genetic Alliance

FHH in Health Centers

Purpose

Family health history (FHH) is a non-invasive way to capture information about risk and is relatively inexpensive, with the primary cost being the clinician’s time. Genetic Alliance distributed six Family Health History Patient Education Toolkit: Health Center Program Awards to provide the foundation for an innovative, customizable strategy for integration of FHH into diverse health centers nationwide.

Project Goal:

To create and sustain family health history awareness and discussion in the healthcare setting among health center providers, staff, and patients.

Project Objectives

• To increase health center provider and staff awareness and knowledge about the use and importance of family history in practice across the lifespan
• To promote use of the Does it Run in the Family? toolkit by health center providers and patients
• To increase communication about FHH in health center provider-patient discussions
• To improve health center provider/staff attitudes and satisfaction with integration of FHH into clinical practice
• To identify challenges and facilitators to integration of the toolkit and FHH in health centers
• To compare the effectiveness of strategies used by health centers to adapt the training and toolkit for integration into clinical practice

Project Timeframe:

Overall project: October 2010 – September 2012 Health center implementation: May 2011 – July 2012

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