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The U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative
My Family Health Portrait
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My Family Health Portrait is the new Web-based tool from NHGRI and the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative that helps you create your own family health history. Using any computer, an Internet connection and an up-to-date Web browser, you provide your health information to build a drawing of your family tree and a chart of your family health history. Both the chart and the drawing can be printed and shared with your family members and your doctor.
Tracing the illnesses suffered by your parents, grandparents and other blood relatives can help your doctor predict the disorders to which you may be at risk, and help you take action to keep you and your family healthy.
Go to: My Family Health Portrait [familyhistory.hhs.gov]
En Español: Retrato de Salud de mi Familia [familyhistory.hhs.gov/spanish] |
About The Family History Initiative
In November 2004 - and to coincide with Thanksgiving, when families traditionally
gather - U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona,
M.D., M.P.H., and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a national public health
campaign called the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative. The campaign focused attention on the importance of the family health history, and encouraged all
families to learn more about their health histories. To help with this, the initiative launched My Family Health Portrait: a downloadable tool for use on a personal computer to complete a family health history.
One year later, in November 2005, U.S. Surgeon General Carmona furthered this initiative by launching the new, easier-to-use Web-based tool, My
Family Health Portrait.
Family History Initiative News
2007
- Watch Family History: A Window On Your Health
A conversation with NHGRI Director, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. about the importance of family history. Interviewed by Dr. Greg Feero, head of NHGRI's Genomic Healthcare Branch.
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- Acting Surgeon General Encourages Americans to Know Their Health History During Fourth Annual Family History Day [surgeongeneral.gov]
News Release from the Department of Health and Human Services
- Family History: Everyone's Story
The National Human Genome Research Institute, in cooperation with the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, has created a series of five public service announcements for health care providers. The announcements feature stories about how increased healthcare provider family history knowledge can improve the health of all Americans. These announcements are now available here for download and distribution. They were created in support of National Family History Day - Thanksgiving 2007.
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Additional Family History Resources
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Last Updated: February 15, 2008
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