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ReviewBritish medical bulletin2014

The impact of genomics on public health practice.

H Burton, C Jackson, I Abubakar

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In one paragraph

Review in British medical bulletin, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Use of Genomic Information in Health Impact Assessment is Yet to Come: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  3. The value of large-scale programmes in human genomics.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

H BurtonPHG Foundation, 2 Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK hilary.burton@phgfoundation.org.
C JacksonCentre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Mortimer Market Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6JB, UK.
I AbubakarCentre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Mortimer Market Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6JB, UK Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 5EQ, UK.
Mortimer Market Centre · GBPHG Foundation · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGenomic science is developing rapidly, and engagement of public health professionals will be necessary to appraise new technologies and use them effectively. SOURCES OF DATA: We use established domains of public health and draw on the literature and expert knowledge to illustrate how genomic technologies give rise to new applications. AREAS OF AGREEMENT: Genomic technologies are useful in rare inherited disease, including population screening programmes, in health care and for surveillance, diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY: It is less clear when and how genetic susceptibility testing will be used for common chronic disease prevention or protection from environmental hazards. GROWING POINTS: Developments in public health practice will be necessary to ensure rapid and effective implementation of genomic science. AREAS TIMELY FOR DEVELOPING RESEARCH: Public health researchers should address how to accelerate the implementation of genomics for health benefit in developed and developing countries.

Indexed as

Public Health PracticeChronic DiseaseCommunicable Disease ControlDeveloping CountriesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGenomicsHumansPreventive Medicinedeveloping worldgeneticsgenomicshealth protectionpersonalized preventionpublic healthscreening

Identifiers

PMID25368375
PMCPMC7110005
OpenAlexW1991004499

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.