Family Health History from the Ground Up: Web 2.0 and Community Outreach
Author(s)
Vaughn Edelson, James O'Leary
Document Description
Community-based work, like everything in the 21st century, must embrace technological innovation. The Community Centered Family Health History Project, with 20 partners across the country, exemplifies the combination of traditional grassroots, door-to-door style efforts with web 2.0 presence. Through this presentation and those of two partners - Iona College and the Heredity Project - conference participants learned about the successful integration of family health history (FHH) information into existing programs and saw a demonstration of the new, customizable, online Does It Run In the Family? health history tool.
Date Added
July 24, 2009
Keywords
Family Health History, 2009 Genetic Alliance Annual conference, Genetic Alliance, family history, Does It Run In the Family, family health history tool, discovering openness in health systems
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Document Description
Community-based work, like everything in the 21st century, must embrace technological innovation. The Community Centered Family Health History Project, with 20 partners across the country, exemplifies the combination of traditional grassroots, door-to-door style efforts with web 2.0 presence. Through this presentation and those of two partners - Iona College and the Heredity Project - conference participants learned about the successful integration of family health history (FHH) information into existing programs and saw a demonstration of the new, customizable, online Does It Run In the Family? health history tool.
Date Added
July 24, 2009
Keywords
Family Health History, 2009 Genetic Alliance Annual conference, Genetic Alliance, family history, Does It Run In the Family, family health history tool, discovering openness in health systems