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Publications
This page highlights some of the many educational talks and publications created by Oregon Genetics Program staff and key program partners. If you are interested in having our program provide an educational session on genetics, genomics, or family history, please contact us.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
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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.
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| Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: A Genomics Perspective Article was published in the April 2007 issue of CDC's Preventing Chronic Disease emphasizes the multifactorial nature of common obesity, which is caused by the interaction of genes, environment, and lifestyle. |
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Genetics for targeting disease prevention: diabetes
Article provides an overview of current thinking regarding genetics and diabetes (type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes) including a selective look at a few implicated gene variants. Please contact us if you would like copies of this article. |
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Newsletters
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Posters
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Using BRFSS to Collect Genomics Data
Poster presented at the 2006 Oregon Public Health Association Conference comparing four states’ BRFSS family history and genomics questions.
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Presentations
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Family History and Diabetes
Presentation for public health professionals reviews the role family history plays in the development of diabetes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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