Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research National Human Genome Research Instituteand the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 2006Committee on Assessing Interactions Among Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Factors in Health, Lyla M. Hernandez and Dan G. Blazer, Editors
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As part of a strategy to determine how best to integrate research priorities to include an increased focus on the impact on health of interactions among social, behavioral, and genetic factors, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, in conjunction with the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, requested that the Institute of Medicine undertake a study to examine the state of the science on gene-environment interactions that affect human health, with a focus on the social environment…..”
Table of Contents
Summary
1 Introduction
2 The Impact of Social and Cultural Environment on Health
3 Genetics and Health
4 Genetic, Environmental, and Personality Determinants of Health Risk Behaviors
5 Sex/Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Health
6 Embedded Relationships Among Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Factors
7 Animal Models
8 Study Design and Analysis for Assessment of Interactions
9 Infrastructure
10 Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications
11 Conclusion
Appendix A Methodology: Data Collection and Analysis
Appendix B Recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences Report
Appendix C Social Environmental and Genetic Influences on Obesity and Obesity-Promoting Behaviors
Appendix D The Interaction of Social, Behavioral, and Genetic Factors in Sickle-Cell Disease
Appendix E Modern Epidemiologic Approaches to Interaction: Applications to the Study of Genetic Interactions
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