Buch, Englisch, 615 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1192 g
Psychosocial Context for Children and Adolescents
Buch, Englisch, 615 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1192 g
Reihe: Issues in Clinical Child Psychology
ISBN: 978-1-4614-2395-9
Verlag: Springer US
imperfectandwithlimiteddata(Ng,Murray,Levy,&Venter,2009). Theabovescenarioraisesmanyquestionsfortoday’shealth-carec- sumers. For example, for whom is this information applicable, and for whatpopulationsorsubpopulationsisitnot?Underwhatcircumstances might this information be useful, and when should it be disregarded as irrelevant?Andperhapsmostimportantly,what,ifanything,canbedone inlightofinformationaboutpersonalgeneticrisktoeffectivelylowerthe oddsofbecomingsickandraisetheoddsofstayinghealthy? vii viii PREFACE Becausetheprevalenceofmostdiseasesvariesasafunctionofage, gender, race/ethnicity, and other personal characteristics, answers to these questions are complex and many are just beginning to be und- stood(Khouryetal.,2009).Someexpertshaveconcludedthattheanswers tosuchquestionsremainoutofreachatthepresenttimeandmayc- tinue to be elusive for another 5–10 years (Frazer, Murray, Schork, & Topol,2009).Yet,twenty-?rstcenturyhealth-careconsumers,providers, and policy makers face these choices now about incorporating personal genetic information into health management and often do so without a complete and accurate understanding of the potential impact of their decisionsonmultiplelevels(Carlson,2009).
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- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
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to Genomics.- Key Concepts in Human Genomics and Epidemiology.- Psychological Genetics: Understanding the Nature of Psychological Differences Through Etiology.- Cross-Cutting Issues in Children and Families.- Understanding Gene, Environment, and Gene × Environment Interaction Effects: The Example of Childhood Externalizing Disorders.- Process in Genetic Counseling: Considerations for Children and Their Families.- Genomics and the Family: Integrative Frameworks.- Potential Impact of Genomic Information on Childhood Sibling Relationships.- Family Communication of Genomic Information.- Conveying Genetic Risk to Teenagers.- Genes, Behavior, and Health.- Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis.- Single Gene Disease Risk.- Hereditary Cancer Risk.- Type 1 Diabetes Risk.- Cardiovascular Disease Risk.- Obesity Risk.- Tobacco and Alcohol Use Behaviors.- Childhood Neuropsychiatric Risk.- Genomic Risk Information for Common Health Conditions: Maximizing Kinship-Based Health Promotion.- Emerging Issues.- Pediatric Pharmacogenomics.- Informed Consent and the Protection of Human Subjects in Genomic Research with Children and Families.- Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Genetic Testing of Minors.- Guidelines and Policies on Genetic Testing in Children and Families.- Training, Practice, and Collaboration: New Opportunities for Pediatric Psychology and Genomic Medicine.- Public Health Genomics.