Condit CM. Public understandings of genetics and health. This review of adult public
understandings of genetics related to health indicates that the public's understandings …

Objective: New medical discoveries regarding genetic susceptibility to common chronic
diseases, and the decoding of the human genome have increased public attention to …

Background While mass media communications can be an important source of health
information, there are substantial social disparities in health knowledge that may be related …

This report reviews the evidence base for the impact of cultural and linguistic competence in
health and mental health care on health outcomes and well-being and the costs and …

Primary objective: to assess the readability level of Web-based information on leading
incident cancers. Research design: websites on breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers …

Purpose To inform development of a culturally sensitive hereditary breast and ovarian
cancer communication initiative and related clinical genetic services. Methods Five focus …

Ethnic disparities in use of cancer genetics services raise concerns about equitable
opportunity to benefit from familial cancer risk assessment, improved survival and quality of …

Background: Research indicates that patients who self-advocate during the medical
encounter gain maximum benefit. However, little is known about racial/ethnic differences in …

Genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast cancer have the potential benefit of
early detection and early interventions in African American women. However, African …

Despite the life‐saving information that genetic counseling can provide for women at
hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC) risk, Latinas disproportionately underuse …