Genomic advances have contributed to a proliferation of newborn screening (NBS)
programs. Psychosocial consequences of NBS have been identified as risks to these public …

Purpose The implementation of newborn screening for lysosomal disorders has uncovered
overall poor specificity, psychosocial harm experienced by caregivers, and costly follow-up …

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 …

It has been close to six decades since Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA
and more than ten years since the human genome was decoded. Today, through the …

Purpose: Newborn screening leads to improved treatment and disease outcomes, but false-
positive newborn screening results may cause distress for parents. The purpose of this study …

OBJECTIVE: Abnormal results of newborn screening for common metabolic diseases are
known to create substantial distress for parents. We explored parents' perceptions during …

To evaluate the Dutch newborn screening (NBS) for medium‐chain acyl‐CoA
dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency since 2007, a nationwide retrospective, observational …

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 …

Background There is no consensus in the literature regarding the impact of false positive
newborn screening results on early health care utilization patterns. We evaluated the impact …

Objective To conduct interviews with a multiyear sample of parents of infants found to have
heterozygous status for sickle cell hemoglobinopathy or cystic fibrosis during newborn blood …