Reconsidering the family history in primary care

EC Rich, W Burke, CJ Heaton, S Haga… - Journal of general …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… Assuming that the sensitivity and specificity of the screening tests for colorectal cancer (eg, …
initiating colorectal cancer screening at age 40 for patients with a positive family history. Thus, …

Assessing family history of chronic disease in primary care: prevalence, documentation, and appropriate screening

JC Carroll, D Campbell-Scherer, JA Permaul… - Canadian Family …, 2017 - cfp.ca
Family history for each disease was assessed using published Canadian guidelines … .
Developing Family Healthware, a family history screening tool to prevent common chronic …

Preconception care: a screening tool for health assessment and risk detection

S de Weerd, AK van der Bij, RJLM Cikot… - Preventive …, 2002 - Elsevier
family history, and two Family History surveys (for the woman and her partner) were completed
by 186 couples at home. A physician then orally verified the written answers. Agreement …

The 4Cs (crash history, family concerns, clinical condition, and cognitive functions): A screening tool for the evaluation of the at‐risk driver

MG O'Connor, LR Kapust, B Lin… - Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… an interview-based screening tool intended for use by physicians and other health providers.
This tool, the 4Cs, is modeled after the CAGE questionnaire used for alcoholism screening. …

A clinical screening tool identifies autoimmune diabetes in adults

S Fourlanos, C Perry, MS Stein, J Stankovich… - Diabetes …, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc
family history of type 2 diabetes did not necessarily signify that an individual had type 2 diabetes,
given that a majority (57%) of our subjects with LADA had a family historyfamily history

Clinical utility of family history for cancer screening and referral in primary care: a report from the Family Healthware Impact Trial

WS Rubinstein, LS Acheson, SM O'Neill… - Genetics in …, 2011 - nature.com
… cancer screening and referrals because of their family history… who recorded their family history
and received specific … cancer screening than patients who did not have their family history

[PDF][PDF] Development of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool for use in family practice

JB Brown, B Lent, PJ Brett, G Sas… - Family Medicine …, 1996 - researchgate.net
… Background: This study developed a screening tool for use by family physicians to identify
… questions developed for the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) was completed by both …

Family history-taking in community family practice: implications for genetic screening

LS Acheson, GL Wiesner, SJ Zyzanski… - Genetics in …, 2000 - nature.com
… risks of disease (eg, colon cancer screening).' The primary tool for initial genetic assessment
is the family history, but there are few data on family history-taking in primary care. Most …

Family history screening: use of the three generation pedigree in clinical practice

JAK Brock, VM Allen, K Kieser, S Langlois - Journal of obstetrics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
… ,35 and family history forms36 provide information to help facilitate the generation of a family
… An example of a screening family history questionnaire is shown in Figure 3. (The electronic …

Family history of coronary artery disease and cholesterol: screening children in a disadvantaged inner-city population

SJ Wadowski, RJ Karp, R Murray-Bachmann… - Pediatrics, 1994 - publications.aap.org
… Use of family history of coronary artery disease as a screening tool had a … of family history
as a screening tool was comparable, although the prevalence of a positive family history was …