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Family Health History: What’S The Best Tool?, Dr. Gaye Raye, Dr. Karen Whitt
Family Health History: What’S The Best Tool?, Dr. Gaye Raye, Dr. Karen Whitt
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students as they worked on a project to identify the most effective tools for collecting family health history and to assess the impact of knowledge of family health history on preventive health behaviors. This project helped to identify tools that can be used to collect family health history and provided evidence that informs clinical practice. This project provided multiple mentoring and learning opportunities for undergraduate nursing students. Those mentored had opportunities to prepare manuscripts and present study findings at conferences and directly see how evidence is translated into practice. Mentored …
Family Health History: What’S The Best Tool?, Dr. Gaye Raye, Dr. Karen Whitt
Family Health History: What’S The Best Tool?, Dr. Gaye Raye, Dr. Karen Whitt
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students as they worked on a project to identify the most effective tools for collecting family health history and to assess the impact of knowledge of family health history on preventive health behaviors. This project helped to identify tools that can be used to collect family health history and provided evidence that informs clinical practice. This project provided multiple mentoring and learning opportunities for undergraduate nursing students. Those mentored had opportunities to prepare manuscripts and present study findings at conferences and directly see how evidence is translated into practice. Mentored …
It Runs In The Family: Determining The Most Important Characteristics In Family Health Histories, Lauren Bretzing, Gaye Ray
It Runs In The Family: Determining The Most Important Characteristics In Family Health Histories, Lauren Bretzing, Gaye Ray
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Family health history (FHH) is a significant risk factor for many diseases and can help determine which patients need further genetic testing, lifestyle changes, and preventative screenings at earlier ages. Though recognized as an important step in controlling and preventing disease, FHH is often underutilized in health care settings. In a busy clinic setting, many clinicians may only have a couple minutes to discuss FHH with their patient, or may choose to forego it entirely. Apart from being time intensive and inaccurate, the FHH tools available are often seen as too complex. Additionally, a lack of uniformity in the collection, …