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Health Education Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, 589-593, 1993
© 1993 Oxford University Press

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The Human Genome Project and health behavior and health education research

J.R. Sorenson and Brian Cheuvront1

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

Correspondence to: 1To whom all correspondence should be addressed

The Human Genome Project (HGP) is a multinational initiative to map and sequence the human genome. This major biological research effort, estimated to take 15 years and cost $3 billion, should have significant implications for public health generally, and for health behavior and health education research in particular. It is anticipated that the HGP research will lead to expanded (1) newborn genetic disease screening, (2) prenatal diagnoses and (3) trait carrier screening. The HGP also is likely to lead to presymptomatic screening of people with late onset genetic diseases, as well as screening for genetic-based susceptibility for common disease morbidity and mortality mediated by either or both life style and environmental factors. These potential developments have raised ethical, legal and social questions, and have highlighted the fact that research is needed on individual, organizational, population and governmental use of and response to these developments. Central to the expanding role of genetics in public health will be health behavior and education research. Such research could contribute to an effective and humane applied human genetics.


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