National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Family History and Improving Health.
National Institutes of Health consensus and state-of-the science statements are prepared by independent panels of health professionals and public representatives on the basis of 1) the results of a systematic literature review prepared under contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); 2) presentations by investigators working in areas relevant to the conference questions during a 2-day public session; 3) questions and statements from conference attendees during open discussion periods that are part of the public session; and 4) closed deliberations by the panel during the remainder of the second day and morning of the third. This statement is an independent report of the panel and is not a policy statement of the National Institutes of Health or the U.S. government. The statement reflects the panel's assessment of medical knowledge available at the time the statement was written. Thus, it provides a "snapshot in time" of the state of knowledge on the conference topic. When reading the statement, keep in mind that new knowledge is inevitably accumulating through medical research.
Berg
Alfred O
AO
University of Washington, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Baird
Macaran A
MA
Botkin
Jeffrey R
JR
Driscoll
Deborah A
DA
Fishman
Paul A
PA
Guarino
Peter D
PD
Hiatt
Robert A
RA
Jarvik
Gail P
GP
Millon-Underwood
Sandra
S
Morgan
Thomas M
TM
Mulvihill
John J
JJ
Pollin
Toni I
TI
Schimmel
Selma R
SR
Stefanek
Michael Edward
ME
Vollmer
William M
WM
Williams
Janet K
JK
D005192:Family Health; D005544:Forecasting; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment