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Factors affecting frequency of communication about family health history with family members and doctors in a medically underserved population
Patient Education and Counselling, 01/13/2012
Kaphingst KA et al. – Patients with a family history of some diseases, those not meeting physical activity recommendations, and those who do not frequently seek health information may not have ongoing family health history (FHH) discussions.
Methods- 1061 adult community health center patients were surveyed.
- The authors examined factors related to frequency of discussions about family health history (FHH) with family members and doctors.
- Patients who talked frequently with family members about FHH were more likely to report a family history of cancer (p=.012) and heart disease (p<.001), seek health information frequently in newspapers (p<.001) and in general (p<.001), and be female (p<.001).
- Patients who talked frequently with doctors about FHH were more likely to report a family history of heart disease (p=.011), meet physical activity recommendations (p=.022), seek health information frequently in newspapers (p<.001) and in general (p<.001), be female (p<.001), and not have experienced racial discrimination in healthcare (p<.001).
