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study to evaluate the family history tool.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded
funding to three research centers to evaluate a family history
tool that has been developed as part of the
CDC
Family History Public Health Initiative. The University
of Michigan School of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Research Institute, and Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine will each receive approximately $400,000
per center for three years. The centers will collaborate
on a study set in primary care clinics to assess the utility
of a family history tool that focuses on 6 chronic diseases
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| diabetes,
and colorectal, breast, and ovarian cancer. The purpose
of the new family history tool is to collect information
that can be used to assess risk for common diseases and
influence early detection and prevention strategies. Updates
on the study will be posted on this web site. |
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