Summary of workgroup meeting on use of family history information in pediatric primary care and public health

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 120 Suppl 2; p. S87
• Main Author: Green, Ridgely Fisk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Cardiovascular Diseases - classification; Cardiovascular Diseases - genetics; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Child; Congenital Abnormalities - classification; Congenital Abnormalities - genetics; Congenital Abnormalities - prevention & control; Family Health; Genetic Diseases, Inborn - classification; Genetic Diseases, Inborn - genetics; Genetic Diseases, Inborn - prevention & control; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Information Systems; Medical History Taking; Pediatrics - methods; Pediatrics - organization & administration; Primary Health Care - methods; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Public Health - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment - ethics; Risk Assessment - methods; Software; United States; User-Computer Interface; United States
• ISSN: 1098-4275
• DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1010H

A workgroup meeting on the use of family history information in pediatric primary care and public health sponsored by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was held February 24 to 25, 2006. The workgroup participants met to discuss how to improve the use of family history information in pediatric settings. Topics addressed at the meeting included current practices, needs, and barriers for use of family history information in pediatric primary care and public health. Other considerations included how available family history tools might be applicable to pediatric settings and which areas require additional research. Specific model conditions were presented that illustrated issues involved in the use of family history information in pediatric settings, including cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome, polycystic kidney disease, hyperlipidemia and coronary artery disease, and birth defects. Ethical, economic, and technologic concerns involved in integration of family history information into pediatric settings were discussed also.