Public Health Genetics and Genomics Resources

As discussed throughout the week, public health genetics and genomics is a comprehensive system made up of many different individuals and organizations. These partners develop resources, ranging from websites to PDFs to databases, to help support the public health genetics system. Explore some of these resources below!

Public Health Genetics and Genomics in Your Life- A Public Health Genetics and Genomics Week Case Study

Sharing Family Health History with Your Children and Grandchildren

Public health helps encourage families to have conversations about family health history throughout an individual’s life, including as they age. Collecting your family health history can help healthcare providers provide better care to you!
Find tools to collect your family’s health history below:

https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/famhistory/famhist_basics.htm#:~:text=Family%20health%20history%20is%20a,similar%20things%20in%20the%20environment

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/precision-medicine/collecting-family-history

https://cbiit.github.io/FHH/

Throughout Public Health Genetics and Genomics Week 2023, we will be highlighting different public health genetics and genomics efforts through the stages of an individual’s life. To learn more about public health genetics through the lifespan, view our infographic.