Are public health professionals prepared for public health genomics? A cross-sectional survey in Italy

Table 1 Demographic and professional characteristics of the responding public health professionals

Variables	N.	%
Geographical area (785)^a
North	244	31.1
Center	184	23.4
South	225	28.7
Islands	132	16.8
Gender (790)^a
Female	426	53.9
Male	364	46.1
Age, years (790)^a
≤30	52	6.6
31-40	191	24.2
41-50	182	23.0
51-60	297	37.6
≥61	68	8.6
Type of degree (786)^a
Medicine	626	79.7
Biology	83	10.6
Nursing	27	3.4
Other health professions degrees	25	3.1
Other degrees	25	3.2
Exposure to predictive genetic testing during undergraduate training (797)^a
No	635	79.7
Yes	162	20.3
Exposure to predictive genetic testing during postgraduate training (797)^a
No	603	75.7
Yes	194	24.3
English language knowledge (789)^a
Very low	126	16.0
Low	200	25.3
Intermediate	270	34.2
Good	153	19.4
Excellent	40	5.1
Internet available in the workplace (797)^a
No	44	5.5
Yes	753	94.5
Hours per week dedicated to continuing medical education (797)^a
<1	114	14.3
1-5	440	55.2
6-10	166	20.8
>10	77	9.7
Reception in the previous year of specific information concerning predictive genetic testing from institutional sources (797)^a
No	583	73.1
Yes	214	26.9

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