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Using Public-Private Partnerships to Mitigate Disparities in Access to Genetic Services: Lessons from Wisconsin

Laura Senier
Matthew Kearney
Jason Orne

Genetics, Health and Society

ISBN: 978-1-78350-581-4, eISBN: 978-1-78350-568-5

ISSN: 1057-6290

Publication date: 16 July 2015

Abstract

Originality/Value

There has been little discussion about equitably leveraging genetic advances that improve healthcare quality and efficacy. The role of State Health Agencies in mitigating disparities in access to genetic services has been largely ignored in the sociological literature.

Keywords

  • State health agencies
  • Public health
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Rural health services
  • Genetic services
  • Health inequalities

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, under ID number MSN136524 and by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, under award number 1K01HG006441-01A1. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the United States Department of Agriculture or the National Institutes of Health.

The authors thank Rozalynn Klaas for creating the maps that appear in Figs. 3 and 4 and Jessica von Reyn, Phil Brown, Michelle Kempf-Weibel, Rachael Lee, Michael Shields, Berit Lindell, Lauren Nicoll, John Auerbach, and two anonymous reviewers for comments on a draft version of this chapter. The authors also thank Pilar Ossorio and Daniel Kleinman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Deb Franko at Northeastern University for their support and mentorship in the execution of this research.

Citation

Senier, L., Kearney, M. and Orne, J. (2015), "Using Public-Private Partnerships to Mitigate Disparities in Access to Genetic Services: Lessons from Wisconsin", Genetics, Health and Society (Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 16), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 269-305. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-629020150000016010

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