[HTML][HTML] Psychosocial issues related to newborn screening: a systematic review and synthesis

A Tluczek, AL Ersig, S Lee - International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genomic advances have contributed to a proliferation of newborn screening (NBS)
programs. Psychosocial consequences of NBS have been identified as risks to these public …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of genetic testing from the perspective of parents/caregivers: a scoping review

RZ Hayeems, S Luca, D Assamad, A Bhatt, WJ Ungar - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
In genomics, perceived and personal utility have been proposed as constructs of value that
include the subjective meanings and uses of genetic testing. Precisely what constitutes …

[HTML][HTML] 'We're kind of like genetic nomads': Parents' experiences of biographical disruption and uncertainty following in/conclusive results from newborn cystic fibrosis …

F Boardman, C Clark - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
As whole genome sequencing is being considered as a tool to deliver expanded newborn
screening (NBS) globally, the range of equivocal results it could produce are gaining …

[HTML][HTML] “We needed this”: perspectives of parents and healthcare professionals involved in a pilot newborn screening program for spinal muscular atrophy

DST Kariyawasam, AM D'Silva, J Vetsch… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a recognised
model through which health outcomes can be improved. However, perspectives of parents …

German newborn screening for Cystic fibrosis: Parental perspectives and suggestions for improvements

S Gapp, SF Garbade, P Feyh, I Brockow… - Pediatric …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Cystic fibrosis (CF) was added to the German newborn bloodspot screening (NBS)
panel in 2016. This study assesses parental perceptions of CF‐NBS and confirmatory …

[HTML][HTML] Absorbing it all: A meta-ethnography of parents' unfolding experiences of newborn screening

AL White, F Boardman, A McNiven, L Locock… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a context of increasing international dialogue around the appropriate means and ends of
newborn screening programmes, it is critical to explore the perspectives of those directly …

[HTML][HTML] Pain points in parents' interactions with newborn screening systems: a qualitative study

M Conway, TT Vuong, K Hart, A Rohrwasser, K Eilbeck - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background & Objectives This study aims to explore and elucidate parents'
experience of newborn screening [NBS], with the overarching goal of identifying desiderata …

Parents' experience of the communication process of positivity at newborn screening for metabolic diseases: A qualitative study

M Bani, S Russo, E Raggi, S Gasperini… - Child: Care, Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The process of receiving a communication of positivity for metabolic diseases at
expanded newborn screening (ENBS) is extremely articulated, involves a variety of actors …

Psychological and ethical challenges of introducing whole genome sequencing into routine newborn screening: lessons learned from existing newborn screening

F Ulph, R Bennett - The New Bioethics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As a psychologist and an ethicist, we have explored empirically newborn screening consent
and communication processes. In this paper we consider the impact on families if newborn …

Parents' experience with positive newborn screening results for cystic fibrosis

I Brockow, U Nennstiel - European journal of pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
In Germany, screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) is part of the newborn screening since
September 2016. The risk of psychological harm due to false-positive screening results is a …