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Essay About Family History

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Family history plays an important role in cancer risk assessment and management as it reflects the contribution of inherited genes, shared lifestyle and environmental factors in the development of disease in the family. An individual’s understanding of family history influences perception of cancer risks and control, which consequently affects adoption of health behaviors and screening practices. However, studies suggest discrepancies between the ways lay people and health professionals perceive family history, hindering effective use of family history in cancer risk communication and promotion of health behaviors. As such, this research study aims to explore the understanding of Filipinos with first-degree relatives (FDRs) affected with cancer about their perceived risk due to family …show more content…

Employing a qualitative descriptive research design, the investigators will explore on lay constructs of family history of cancer in relation to perceptions of disease causation and inheritance, perceived risk, and risk management. The study will also identify and compare variations in meanings of family history between siblings and children of affected relatives, and between Filipinos with first-degree relatives diagnosed …show more content…

When in diagram format, the family history is referred to as pedigree or family tree. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, a complete family history is a three-generation pedigree, which includes health-related data of an individual’s grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, siblings, cousins, children, and nieces and nephews. This three-generation pedigree serves as a diagnostic or risk assessment tool for rare single-gene or chromosomal disorders, and even for multifactorial diseases such as

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