Precision Public Health for the Era of Precision Medicine.
Precision Public Health for the Era of Precision Medicine.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2015.08.031
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发表时间:
2016-03
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Riley WT
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作者:
Khoury MJ;Iademarco MF;Riley WT
The Precision Medicine Initiative1 promises a new healthcare era. A proposed 1 million—person cohort could create a deeper understanding of disease causation. Improvements in quality of sequencing, reduction in price, and advances in “omic” fields and biotechnology promise a new era, variably labeled personalized or precision medicine. Although genomics is one driver of precision health care, other factors may be as important (eg, health information technology).Both excitement and skepticism met the announcement. 2 Public health experts are concerned about the disproportionate emphasis on genes, drugs, and disease, while neglecting strategies to address social determinants of health. A prime concern for public health is promoting health, preventing disease, and reducing health disparities by focusing on modifiable morbidity and mortality. In 2014, CDC estimated the annual number of potentially preventable deaths from the top five causes in the US 3 Data suggest that at least one third of deaths are potentially preventable by reducing prevalence of known risk factors (eg, smoking, poor diet, and inadequate physical activity).