Publications by authors named "Hana R Flaxman"
Article Synopsis
- Hispanic men have the highest obesity rates but are often overlooked in weight management programs; a systematic review highlights this issue.
- The review analyzed 12 interventions from over 6,500 studies, primarily from the last decade, focusing on behavioral strategies tailored for Hispanic men.
- Despite most studies lacking robust randomized controls, the findings suggest some efficacy in short-term weight loss, stressing the need for more well-designed trials that cater specifically to this demographic.
Background: Polygenic risk scores (PRS), which offer information about genomic risk for common diseases, have been proposed for clinical implementation. The ways in which PRS information may influence a patient's health trajectory depend on how both the patient and their primary care provider (PCP) interpret and act on PRS information. We aimed to probe patient and PCP responses to PRS clinical reporting choices METHODS: Qualitative semi-structured interviews of both patients (N=25) and PCPs (N=21) exploring responses to mock PRS clinical reports of two different designs: binary and continuous representations of PRS.
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