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March 1, 2005 | Program Result
Project staff at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics created supplementary material to enhance the use of a CD-ROM to teach genomics and genetics to undergraduate science students.
October 1, 2005 | Program Result
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research conducted a national survey on Americans' knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior regarding genetic testing and compared results to public opinion surveys from 1990.
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Sun Valley Forum on National Health held a conference on August 3-7, 1997, in Sun Valley, Idaho, to review and discuss the implications of advances in molecular medicine for the improvement of health and health care.
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation organized two meetings of the Genetics Awareness Coalition.
January 1, 1999 | Program Result
The Alliance of Genetic Support Groups (now the Genetic Alliance) held a dialog meeting to develop relationships with managed care organizations with the aim of improving their genetic services delivery.
June 1, 1998 | Program Result
This project surveyed HMO medical directors to determine the extent of requests and coverage for predictive genetic testing for three common adult-onset disorders and Huntington's disease.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
PRISM sought to encourage physicians and health care researchers to address the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on serious chronic illnesses.
July 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 2001 to 2003, a California-based research group, the Institute for the Future, used two exploratory grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to assess health care decision-makers' knowledge about new discoveries in genetics and to develop two proposals for a major educational initiative to inform health care leaders about the new discoveries, their clinical applications and the legal and ethical issues surrounding them. In 2002, RWJF turned down the two proposals partly bec...
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation designed, launched and evaluated Genetics & Your Practice Online, an information and continuing education program to help health professionals integrate genetics into their practices.
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
The American Nurses Foundation established the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, an interdisciplinary group that brings together organizations to promote health professional education in the area of human genetics.