Sarah Lawrence College DigitalCommons@SarahLawrence The Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics Theses Human Genetics 5-2017 A Retrospective Chart Review Examining the Clinical Utility of Family Health History Katherine Dao Sarah Lawrence College Julia Russo Sarah Lawrence College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/genetics_etd Part of the Genetics Commons Recommended Citation Dao, Katherine and Russo, Julia, "A Retrospective Chart Review Examining the Clinical Utility of Family Health History" (2017). Human Genetics Theses. 33. https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/genetics_etd/33 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the The Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at DigitalCommons@SarahLawrence. It has been accepted for inclusion in Human Genetics Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@SarahLawrence. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Katherine Dao and Julia Russo A Retrospective Chart Review Examining the Clinical Utility of Family Health History Authors: Katherine Dao, Julia Russo, Jennifer L. Garbarini, Sheila C. Johal, Shannon Wieloch Submitted in partial completion of the Master of Science Degree at Sarah Lawrence College, May 2017 1/34 Katherine Dao and Julia Russo Abstract Family health history (FHH) is a simple and cost-effective clinical tool widely used by genetic professionals. Although the value of FHH for assessing personal and familial health and reproductive risk within a prenatal population has been demonstrated in past studies, its utility within a genetic carrier screening population has not been evaluated. The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of FHH as a clinical screening tool and explore the general outcomes of full FHH evaluations within an expanded carrier screening (ECS) population.