A detailed and accurate family health history can serve as an important screening tool, to assist in determining whether your patient and/or their offspring may be at increased risk for certain hereditary or familial conditions. This information can be important in determining if increased medical surveillance for certain conditions may be warranted.
Any patient with a family history that is suggestive of a familial or hereditary condition could be referred for more detailed discussion in a genetic counseling setting.
Patients may filter the information that they tell you, or may not know their family history. Try to determine their level of knowledge regarding their FHH, and ask them to gather more information that may impact their level of risk.
US Surgeon General’s Family Health History Initiative
AMA Prenatal Family History Questionnaire
CDC Information on Family Health History
NSGC Position Statement on Family Health History
Genomics Education Programme: Taking and Drawing a Family History
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