TY - JOUR
T1 - Health Promotion in a Changing World
T2 - Preparing for the Genomics Revolution
AU - Wilkinson, John M.
AU - Targonski, Paul V.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - All health professionals must become actively engaged in preparing for the genomics revolution. Healthy lifestyles will continue to be of utmost importance, and we must maintain a balance between health promotion activities and genomic-based tests and therapies. We must understand the specific changes likely to occur as advances in genomics are developed and applied to medicine, as well as their ethical, social, and legal implications. We must develop new, Web-based systems and new educational models to most appropriately incorporate these changes into routine practice. Finally, we must offer timely, useful advice and guidance to the public as well as to policymakers in order to maintain realistic expectations and to ensure adequate and balanced funding for health promotion initiatives and research.
AB - All health professionals must become actively engaged in preparing for the genomics revolution. Healthy lifestyles will continue to be of utmost importance, and we must maintain a balance between health promotion activities and genomic-based tests and therapies. We must understand the specific changes likely to occur as advances in genomics are developed and applied to medicine, as well as their ethical, social, and legal implications. We must develop new, Web-based systems and new educational models to most appropriately incorporate these changes into routine practice. Finally, we must offer timely, useful advice and guidance to the public as well as to policymakers in order to maintain realistic expectations and to ensure adequate and balanced funding for health promotion initiatives and research.
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U2 - 10.4278/0890-1171-18.2.157
DO - 10.4278/0890-1171-18.2.157
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14621412
AN - SCOPUS:0242578248
SN - 0890-1171
VL - 18
SP - 157
EP - 161
JO - American Journal of Health Promotion
JF - American Journal of Health Promotion
IS - 2
ER -