Table 3.

Pediatricians’ attitudes toward family history taking

	% strongly agree/agree
Information collected in a family history assists providers in determining patients’ risk of disease and in managing the patients’ condition	94.7
It is the role of primary care pediatricians to collect family history information on all patients	91.3
I am confident in my ability to discuss the results of a positive family history with parents	89.9
I am confident in my ability to determine the need for further evaluation based on the results of the family history	88.3
Pediatricians have a duty-to-inform family members when a patient’s family history reveals family members to be at increased risk of disease	84.8
Family histories collected in primary care pediatrics should focus on disorders relevant to a child’s like stage rather than on family health across generations	23.2