Research Conducted at National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion Has Updated Our Knowledge about Managed Care (Knowledge, Perceptions, and Barriers To Collection of Family Health History Data): Managed Care

2026 JUN 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Family health history (FHH) is used to assess potential risk for diseases such as hereditary cancers. To date, limited data exist on potential barriers to collecting FHH information.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, “We used National Center for Health Statistics Rapid Surveys System data collected between January-February 2024. The data were analyzed to estimate the prevalence of knowledge, perceptions, and barriers to collecting information on FHH. The final cumulative response rate ranged from 4.8%-4.4%. Over 60% of adults had knowledge of the health history of their biological parents or grandparents. Nearly all adults (94.8%) believed that knowledge of FHH was somewhat or very important to their own health, though only 15.2% of adults reported actively collecting this information. An estimated 66.5% of adults reported that it was somewhat or very difficult to collect information about the health history of their biological relatives. Of these adults, the top two reasons for reported difficulty in collecting FHH were not being in contact with relatives/relatives no longer alive (76.0%) and not knowing what information to collect (45.9%). Differences in knowledge, perceptions, or barriers to collecting FHH were observed by several sociodemographic characteristics. Some of the biggest differences were observed for health insurance coverage; for example, 76.2% of adults with health insurance shared their FHH with a clinician compared to 46.1% of adults without health insurance.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This report provides national estimates that can guide intervention efforts to increase knowledge and collection of FHH and address common barriers to collecting this information.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Knowledge, Perceptions, and Barriers To Collection of Family Health History Data. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2026;39(1). Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine can be contacted at: Amer Board Family Medicine, 2228 Young Dr, Lexington, KY 40505, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Christine M. Kava, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Anne K. Julian, Michelle R. Fletcher, Sun Hee Rim and Anjel Vahratian.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250278R1. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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