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Conceptual shifts needed to understand the dynamic interactions of genes, environment, epigenetics, social processes, and behavioral choices

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  • Jackson, F.L.C.
  • Niculescu, M.D.
  • Jackson, R.T.

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Social and behavioral research in public health is often intimately tied to profound, but frequently neglected, biological influences from underlying genetic, environmental, and epigenetic events. The dynamic interplay between the life, social, and behavioral sciences often remains underappreciated and underutilized in addressing complex diseases and disorders and in developing effective remediation strategies. Usinga case-study format, we present examples as to howthe inclusionofgenetic, environmental, and epigenetic data can augment social and behavioral health research by expanding the parameters of such studies, adding specificity to phenotypic assessments, and providing additional internal control in comparative studies. We highlight the important roles of gene-environment interactions and epigenetics as sources of phenotypic change and as a bridge between the life and social and behavioral sciences in the development of robustinterdisciplinaryanalyses.

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  • Jackson, F.L.C. & Niculescu, M.D. & Jackson, R.T., 2013. "Conceptual shifts needed to understand the dynamic interactions of genes, environment, epigenetics, social processes, and behavioral choices," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(SUPPL.1), pages 33-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301221_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301221
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    1. Adriana ZAIȚ, 2018. "Research Approaches And Performance Of Academics – A Short Essay On Potential Epigenetics’ Explanations," Network Intelligence Studies, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 11, pages 7-10, July.

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