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Directions:

Another booth at the Wellness Fair will help raise awareness about the importance of understanding family medical history and the role genetics play in personal health. In the future, genetic testing and counseling are going to play a more prominent role in healthcare and bring with them some unique benefits and challenges. For this booth, you will focus on the basics of genetics to help people understand how traits are inherited and how their genetic make-up impacts personal health.

You will create:

A poster of a pedigree explaining how a common trait is passed through three generations of a family. Trace either dimples (a dominant trait) or red/green colorblindness (a recessive trait) for your poster. Use a presentation slide or a text document to make your poster and be sure to use standard formatting to:
label icons accurately and
indicate dominant and recessive

Personal Health Risk Assessment for SMH employees to take to evaluate their family history (for the purpose of this activity, family is defined as blood relatives including mother, father, siblings, maternal/paternal grandparents) and personal health choices. Use a presentation slide or a text document to make your risk assessment. This should have a total of 10 - 12 measurable questions in the following risk areas:
Genetic risks
Lifestyle choices
Nutrition and physical activity

Like other checklist-type risk assessments, include a way to score the results and a summary of findings for each of the different ranges of possible scores: high-risk, medium-risk, and low-risk.

Assignment:

Create a Pedigree Poster