TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic epidemiology and primary care JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 214 LP - 221 VL - 56 IS - 524 AU - Blair H Smith AU - Graham CM Watt AU - Harry Campbell AU - Aziz Sheikh Y1 - 2006/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/524/214.abstract N2 - Large-scale, population-based studies of genetic epidemiology are under way or planned in several countries, including the UK. The results will have many implications for GPs and their patients. Primary care has much to contribute to this research, and basing genetic epidemiology studies in primary care will confer several advantages. These include enhanced public engagement, building on the personal relationships and trust that are at the core of primary care practice; methodological factors that will strengthen study design; and the potential of linkage of multiple datasets and between networks of research practices. Essential development work with primary care professionals and the public is, however, required for this to happen, and, if undertaken, this work will have the additional important benefit of increasing the uptake of new knowledge into general practice. ER -