Genetics and public health in the 21st century
Subtitle: using genetic information to improve health and prevent disease
By: edited by Muin J. Khoury, Wylie Burke, Elizabeth J. Thomson.
Contributors: Khoury, Muin J.; Burke, Wylie.; Thomson, Elizabeth J. 1950-
Series: Oxford monographs on medical genetics -- no. 40.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
Subjects: Human Genome Project.; Genetic screening.; Public health.; Medical genetics.; Public Health.; Epidemiology, Molecular.; Genetic Engineering.; Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- prevention & control.; Genetic Screening.; Genetics, Biochemical.; Health Planning.; Preventive Medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Genetics and public health: a framework for the integration of human genetics into public health practice; title: Ch. 2. Genetics and public health: historical perspectives and current challenges and opportunities; title: Ch. 3. The human genome project: evolving status and emerging opportunities for disease prevention; title: Ch. 4. Models of public health genetic policy development; title: Ch. 5. The multidisciplinary nature of public health genetics in research and education; title: Ch. 6. Epidemiology, molecular biology, and public health; title: Ch. 7. Surveillance for birth defects and genetic diseases; title: Ch. 8. Surveillance for hemophilia and inherited hematologic disorders; title: Ch. 9. Public health assessment of genetic predisposition to cancer; title: Ch. 10. Public health assessment of genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases: malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV; title: Ch. 11. Public health assessment of genetic information in the occupational setting; title: Ch. 12. Medical and public health strategies for ensuring the quality of genetic testing; title: Ch. 13. Newborn screening quality assurance; title: Ch. 14. Public health needs assessment for state-based genetic services delivery; title: Ch. 15. Access to genetic services in the United States: a challenge to genetics in public health; title: Ch. 16. Community genetics in The Netherlands; title: Ch. 17. Delivery of genetic services in developing countries; title: Ch. 18. Genetics and prevention effectiveness; title: Ch. 19. Impact of genetic information and genetic counseling on public health; title: Ch. 20. Lessons learned from newborn screening for phenylketonuria; title: Ch. 21. Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: a paradigm for public health genetics policy development; title: Ch. 22. Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: public health impact and evaluation; title: Ch. 23. Public health strategies to prevent the complications of hemochromatosis; title: Ch. 24. Applying genetic strategies to prevent atherosclerosis; title: Ch. 25. Genetics, public health, and the law; title: Ch. 26. Genetics and public health: informed consent beyond the clinical encounter; title: Ch. 27. Public health surveillance of genetic information: ethical and legal responses to social risk; title: Ch. 28. Principles and practices of communication processes for genetics in public health; title: Ch. 29. Training in public health genetics; title: Ch. 30. Consumer perpectives on genetic testing: lessons learned; title: Ch. 31. Using the Internet to disseminate genetics information for public health.