Understanding the Australian public's expectations of personalised genomics

这个多学科项目旨在第一次探索澳大利亚公众对基因科学的新发展的认识，这些发展允许健康的个人获得自己的基因构成。这一广泛的基因测试被称为“个人基因组学”，可以用于各种目的，包括血统、亲子关系、运动能力和健康。这些测试正在迅速发展，但公众为什么、如何以及在哪里使用这些测试却知之甚少。这个项目将采用一种混合的方法来研究公众如何参与这项新技术。这项研究旨在帮助确定教育战略和支持，从而为国家的个人基因组学政策提供信息。

This multi-disciplinary project aims to be the first to explore the Australian public's awareness of new developments in genetic science that allow healthy individuals to access their own genetic makeup. Called 'personal genomics', this broad group of genetic tests can be used for a variety of purposes that include ancestry, paternity, sporting ability and health. These tests are developing at a rapid rate yet little is known about why, how and where they are used by the public. This project will employ a mixed methods approach to examine how the public might engage with this new technology. The research aims to help define educational strategies and supports and thereby to inform national policy for personal genomics.