OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this evaluation was to examine prenatal care providers' knowledge of, attitudes towards, and barriers for providing information about newborn screening and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) screening. STUDY DESIGN: We mailed a 12-question survey to 6197 prenatal care providers in California asking about their experiences with newborn and prenatal screening services. RESULTS: Although 4/5 of respondents believe newborn screening is very important for their patients, only 1/3 discuss it with all their patients. Over half believe either pediatricians (38%) or hospital staff (36%) will discuss newborn screening. Only 61% of providers give their patients the newborn screening educational booklet, even though California law requires that the booklet be provided to all pregnant women. CONCLUSION: Pregnant women and state professionals rely on prenatal care providers to educate pregnant women about newborn screening; however, many providers do not appear to view it as part of their responsibility. Therefore, the state needs to improve communication with both providers and the public about newborn screening.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this evaluation was to examine prenatal care providers' knowledge of, attitudes towards, and barriers for providing information about newborn screening and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) screening. STUDY DESIGN: We mailed a 12-question survey to 6197 prenatal care providers in California asking about their experiences with newborn and prenatal screening services. RESULTS: Although 4/5 of respondents believe newborn screening is very important for their patients, only 1/3 discuss it with all their patients. Over half believe either pediatricians (38%) or hospital staff (36%) will discuss newborn screening. Only 61% of providers give their patients the newborn screening educational booklet, even though California law requires that the booklet be provided to all pregnant women. CONCLUSION: Pregnant women and state professionals rely on prenatal care providers to educate pregnant women about newborn screening; however, many providers do not appear to view it as part of their responsibility. Therefore, the state needs to improve communication with both providers and the public about newborn screening.
Authors: Jeffrey R Botkin; Erin Rothwell; Rebecca A Anderson; Nancy C Rose; Siobhan M Dolan; Miriam Kuppermann; Louisa A Stark; Aaron Goldenberg; Bob Wong Journal: JAMA Pediatr Date: 2016-06-01 Impact factor: 16.193
Authors: Ayman Al-Sulaiman; Altaf A Kondkar; Mohammad Y Saeedi; Amal Saadallah; Ali Al-Odaib; Khaled K Abu-Amero Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2015-10-12 Impact factor: 3.411