Journal article
Precision health: A nursing perspective
International journal of nursing sciences, Vol.7(1), pp.5-12
01/10/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.12.008
PMCID: PMC7031154
PMID: 32099853
Abstract
Precision health refers to personalized healthcare based on a person's unique genetic, genomic, or omic composition within the context of lifestyle, social, economic, cultural and environmental influences to help individuals achieve well-being and optimal health. Precision health utilizes big data sets that combine omics (i.e. genomic sequence, protein, metabolite, and microbiome information) with clinical information and health outcomes to optimize disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention specific to each patient. Successful implementation of precision health requires interprofessional collaboration, community outreach efforts, and coordination of care, a mission that nurses are well-positioned to lead. Despite the surge of interest and attention to precision health, most nurses are not well-versed in precision health or its implications for the nursing profession. Based on a critical analysis of literature and expert opinions, this paper provides an overview of precision health and the importance of engaging the nursing profession for its implementation. Other topics reviewed in this paper include big data and omics, information science, integration of family health history in precision health, and nursing omics research in symptom science. The paper concludes with recommendations for nurse leaders in research, education, clinical practice, nursing administration and policy settings for which to develop strategic plans to implement precision health. (C) 2020 Chinese Nursing Association. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Precision health: A nursing perspective
- Creators
- Mei R. Fu - Boston CollegeEmma Kurnat-Thoma - National Institute of Nursing ResearchAngela Starkweather - University of ConnecticutWendy A. Henderson - University of ConnecticutAnn K. Cashion - National Institute of Nursing ResearchJanet K. Williams - University of IowaMaria C. Katapodi - University of BaselKarin Reuter-Rice - Duke UniversityKathleen T. Hickey - Columbia UniversityVeronica Barcelona de Mendoza - Yale UniversityKathleen Calzone - National Cancer InstituteYvette P. Conley - University of PittsburghCindy M. Anderson - The Ohio State UniversityDebra E. Lyon - University of FloridaMichael T. Weaver - Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL USAPamela K. Shiao - Augusta UniversityRose E. Constantino - University of PittsburghShu-Fen Wung - University of ArizonaMarilyn J. Hammer - Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteJoachim G. Voss - Case Western Reserve UniversityBernice Coleman - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of nursing sciences, Vol.7(1), pp.5-12
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.12.008
- PMID
- 32099853
- PMCID
- PMC7031154
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Nurs Sci
- ISSN
- 2352-0132
- eISSN
- 2352-0132
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- NIH/NINR Clinical and Translational Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/10/2020
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370659802771
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