Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Public Awareness and Use of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Results From 3 State Population-Based Surves, 2006

Article published in AJPH in 2008 on direct-to-consumer nutrigenomic testing in Michigan, Oregon, and Utah.

Influence of Family History of Diabetes on Health Care Provider Practice and Patient Behavior Among Nondiabetic Oregonians

Article was published in the January 2009 issue of CDC Preventing Chronic Disease and focuses on the relationship between family history of diabetes and health care provider practices and Oregonians' preventive behaviors.

Perceived Likelihood of Developing Diabetes Among High-Risk Oregonians

Article focusing on factors associated with perceived risk of developing diabetes. The article concludes that Oregon adults at high risk for developing diabetes are unconcerned about their risk for developing the disease, and few have discussed their risk of diabetes with a health professional.  November 2005 issue of CDC Preventing Chronic Disease.

Genetics for targeting disease prevention: diabetes

Addition of Cystic Fibrosis to Oregon Newborn Screening

CD-Summary article created by Oregon Public Health Laboratory staff which discusses the addition of Cystic Fibrosis to the Oregon Newborn Screening panel as of November 1, 2006.

All in the Family

A resource (CD-Summary) for providers that reviews how to use family history to identify and prevent disease in high-risk populations. Published in July 2006.

Perceived Risk for Developing Diabetes Among High-Risk Oregonians: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

CD-Summary article published in April 2006 by Oregon Diabetes program partners, which discusses Oregon BRFSS results that note many Oregonians at increased risk for diabetes, including those with family history as a risk factor, don’t feel they are at risk. Article encourages providers to be aware of factors, such as family history that impact their patients’ risk of developing diabetes.

Family History Collection in Oregon Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

Poster presented by Genetics Program MD/MPH intern Beverly Mielke at the 2008 CDC Public Health Genomics 10th anniversary event. This project included: analyses of family history forms from all 26 FQHCs in Oregon, interviews with FQHC providers, and a clinical template for collecting family history information.

Family History of Diabetes: Incorporating Genomics Data into the BRFSS

Poster presented at the 2007 Oregon Public Health Association Conference. Project focused on family history of diabetes, patient behavior, and provider practice around using family history in clinical care.

Forms Used to Collect Family History Information at Oregon Federally Qualified Health Centers

Poster presented by Genetics Program MD/MPH intern Beverly Mielke at the 2007 Oregon Master of Public Health Program Student Symposium. Project highlighted work assessing the state of family history collection and use at the 26 Federally Qualified Health Centers in Oregon.

Poster presented at the 2006 Oregon Public Health Association Conference comparing four states’ BRFSS family history and genomics questions.

Presentations

Family History Collection & Use in Oregon Federally Qualified Health Centers

This project included: analyses of family history forms from all 26 FQHCs in Oregon, interviews with FQHC providers, and a clinical template for collecting family history information.

Talk presented to the OHSU Family Medicine Research and Scholarship Conference, Sept 2008.

Accomplishments & Outcomes:Genomics Successes in Oregon

A presentation given at CDC Genomics meeting in Michigan in 2008. This talk, in the form of Genomics Jeopardy, highlights the Oregon Genetics Program's successes, tools, and outcomes. .

Oregon Academic Practice Partnership

This presentation reviews the partnerships between the Oregon Public Health Genetics Program and academic institutions between 2003 and 2008.

Obesity, Nutrition, Nutrigenomics – OH MY!

This talk was presented at the Oregon Department of Human Services on September 7, 2007. Featured topics included the genetics of obesity, the effects of nutrition and the environment, and an introduction to nutrigenomics.

Familial Cancer Risk Assessment: Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Presentation for healthcare providers made possible through sponsorship from March of Dimes. Reviews hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer, screening for breast/ovarian cancer in a primary care setting, and when and how to refer patients for genetic services.

Familial Cancer Risk Assessment: Colorectal Cancer

Presentation for healthcare providers that reviews hereditary colon cancer and when and how to refer patients for genetic services

What's New in Prenatal Genetic Screening

Talk for healthcare providers reviews preconception/prenatal genetic risk assessment, maternal serum screening and ultrasound, and how, when and where to refer patients for genetic services.

Ethnicity-Based Genetic Carrier Screening

Talk reviews basic principles of cystic fibrosis and other ethnicity-based genetic carrier screening, current guidelines, and ethical issues in carrier screening.

What's New in Maternal Serum Screening

Presentation discusses multiple methods of maternal serum screening including first trimester screening. How, when, and where OB and family physicians can refer patients for prenatal genetic services is also reviewed.

Keys to Collecting and Using Family History

Talk for public health professionals reviews how to record a family history and the utility of this tool in disease prevention public health practice.

Family History and Diabetes

Presentation for public health professionals reviews the role family history plays in the development of diabetes.

Western Regional Epidemiology Network 2004 Annual Meeting
"Think Genomically . . . Act Locally". Seminar reviews the concept of public health genomics, provides examples of how genomics affects our communities, and proposes strategies to prepare today’s public health programs for tomorrow’s genomics tools.

2007 Report to the Oregon Legislative Assembly on Genetic Privacy and Research

Each biennium, the Advisory Committee on Genetic Privacy and Research (ACGPR) develops a report for the legislature on its activities and recommendations. The Genetics Program coordinates and supports ACGPR in multiple ways including assisting with the creation of the Legislative Report.

Family History in Clinical Practice

Qualitative assessment that provided the Oregon Genetics Program as well as the CDC National Office of Public Health Genomics with practical information about how primary care providers at Kaiser Permanente Northwest use family history information in their current practice.  The project also captured providers' perceptions of the CDC Family History Tool that is currently under development.

Oregon Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Report and Recommendations

The Oregon Newborn Screening Task Force was convened in late 2004 to review all information and recommend to the Department of Human Services whether CF screening should be adopted for Oregon newborns.

Oregon’s Strategic Plan for Genetics and Public Health

In June, 2000, the Office of Family Health received a federal grant to conduct a genetics needs assessment in Oregon and to develop a state strategic plan to improve existing programs or services or develop new ones. The Plan describes goals, objectives, and strategies to improve the health and well-being of people living in Oregon who are impacted by inherited conditions and birth defects.