FAST-Australia: a phase II study of family history screening for chronic disease prevention in primary care.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/634422

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Risk of developing certain cancers, heart disease and diabetes is increased by having an affected family member. People found to be at risk can be offered ways to prevent or detect these diseases early through lifestyle advice or disease screening. This project will develop and evaluate a family history questionnaire in preparation for a trial of family history screening and its impact on disease prevention.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $343,429.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Primary Health Care

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cancer detection, therapy and prevention | Cardiovascular disease prevention | Chronic disease | Family history | Preventing NIDDM | Prevention | Primary Health care | Primary health care | Risk assessment | Screening

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