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dc.contributor.authorNewcomb, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorCanclini, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorCauble, Denise
dc.contributor.authorRaudonis, Barbara M.
dc.contributor.authorGolden, Paulette
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T19:10:10Z
dc.date.available2017-10-23T19:10:10Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationPublished in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 5(3): 198-201, 2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/27045
dc.description.abstractIn spite of the acknowledged importance of collecting family health information, methods of collecting, organizing, and storage of pedigree data are not uniformly utilized in practice, though several electronic tools have been developed for the purpose. Using electronic tools to gather health information may empower individuals to take responsibility in managing their family health history. The purpose of this study was to describe the feasibility and outcomes of introducing small groups to the My Family Health Portrait tool in faith-based communities using faith community nurses (FCNs). This pilot project adopted a mixed methods approach to assess the potential of an educational intervention delivered by FCNs for increasing the use of electronic technologies for organizing and storing family health histories among the general public. Treatment and control groups were recruited from four faith-based communities in north Texas using a parallel-groups quasi-experimental design. Qualitative data were gleaned from field notes made by investigators interacting with FCNs and observing their teaching. A majority of respondents believed that knowing one’s health history and passing it on to family and medical personnel is important. Those receiving face-to-face instruction on the electronic tool were significantly more likely to have written down family health information than the control group who received only an informational handout (χ2 = 5.96, P = .015). Barriers to teaching about and using the electronic tool included FCNs’ lack of facility with computers in the educational context and FCN and respondent mistrust of electronic storage for family health information.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subjectFamily health historyen_US
dc.subjectFaith community nurses (FCNs)en_US
dc.subjectFamily health history -- electronic technologies -- My Family Health Portraiten_US
dc.subjectFamily health information -- trial -- North Texasen_US
dc.titlePilot Trial of an Electronic Family Medical History in US Faith-Based Communitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.identifier.externalLinkDescriptionThe original publication is available at Article DOIen_US
dc.rights.licensePublished open access through SAGE
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.1177/2150131914524441


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