A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness.

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Research Abstract Details 

Research Abstract Table of Contents

Jump to the:

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Abstract Text:

Sarah K Burton,Kara Withrow,Kathleen S Arnos,Andrea L Kalfoglou,Arti Pandya,

PURPOSE: Progress in identifying genes for deafness together with implementation of universal audiologic screening of newborns has provided the opportunity for more widespread use of molecular tests to detect genetic forms of hearing loss. Efforts to assess consumer attitudes toward these advances have lagged behind. METHODS: Consumer focus groups were held to explore attitudes toward genetic advances and technologies for hearing loss, views about newborn hearing screening, and reactions to the idea of adding molecular screening for hearing loss at birth. Focus group discussions were recorded, transcribed and analyzed. RESULTS: Five focus groups with 44 participants including hearing parents of deaf children, deaf parents and young deaf adults were held. Focus group participants supported the use of genetic tests to identify the etiology of hearing loss but were concerned that genetic information might influence reproductive decisions. Molecular newborn screening was advocated by some; however, others expressed concern about its effectiveness. CONCLUSION: Documenting the attitudes of parents and other consumers toward genetic technologies establishes the framework for discussions on the appropriateness of molecular newborn screening for hearing loss and informs specialists about potential areas of public education necessary prior to the implementation of such screening.

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Publishing Authors By Initials

SK Burton,K Withrow,KS Arnos,AL Kalfoglou,A Pandya,

For similar psychological phenomena and processes: mental processes: perception research abstracts see: psychological phenomena and processes: mental processes: perception research

PUBMED ID PMID:

MEDLINE DATE:

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the Ame

VOLUME: 8

Page Numbers: 779-83

Journal Abbreviation: Genet. Med.

ISSN: 1098-3600

DAY: 3

MONTH: Dec

YEAR: 2006

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Information

Number of References:

LANGUAGE: eng

NlmUniqueID: 9815831

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Keywords Mesh Terms:

KEYWORDS: Perception

MESH TERMS: psychology

Chemical & Substance for Abstract: A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness. Information

Substance Name:

Registry Number:

Grant and Affiliation Information for A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness.

AFFILIATION: Genetics Program, Department of Biology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA.

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NIDCD

GRANT: R01 DC006707

ACRONYM: DC

MEDLINETA: Genet Med

REFSOURCE:

DATABASENAME:

ACCESSION NUMBER:

Number Hits: 0

A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness Related Publications

• A focus group study of consumer attitudes toward genetic testing and newborn screening for deafness.
• Architectonic analysis of the auditory-related areas of the superior temporal region in human brain.
• Chudley-McCullough syndrome: expanded phenotype and review of the literature.
• Consumer Motivations for Pursuing Genetic Testing and their Preferences for the Provision of Genetic Services for Hearing Loss.
• Developing combinatorial multi-component therapies (CMCT) of drugs that are more specific and have fewer side effects than traditional one drug therapies.
• Does universal newborn hearing screening identify all children with GJB2 (Connexin 26) deafness? Penetrance of GJB2 deafness.
• Dynamical properties of a plastic neural network model for tinnitus therapy and inhibition of oscillation using noise stimulus.
• Experience dependent plasticity alters cortical synchronization.
• Eye gaze tracking for endoscopic camera positioning: an application of a hardware/software interface developed to automate aesop.
• Further observations on parieto-temporal connections in the rhesus monkey.
• Laminar origin of striatal and thalamic projections of the prefrontal cortex in rhesus monkeys.
• OC85: Increased nuchal translucency and the risk of aneuploidy in women screened by the Integrated test.
• Oscillation and its inhibition in a neural oscillator model for tinnitus.
• P39.04: Spectrum and outcomes of pregnancies with extra-cardiac malformations in conjunction with fetal cardiac abnormalities.
• Posterior parietal projections to the intraparietal sulcus of the rhesus monkey.
• Prevalence of self-diagnosed melasma among premenopausal Latino women in Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.
• Protection of early phase hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by cholinergic agonists.
• Pulse intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy in pemphigus.
• QUINETHAZONE AS A DIURETIC AGENT.
• Rapidly deteriorating renal function with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Type 1 associated with hepatitis C treated successfully with steroids and antiviral therapy: a case report and review of literature.
• Reply: Lower-lung-field tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia.
• Should a panniculectomy/abdominoplasty after massive weight loss be covered by insurance?
• Successful treatment of Sézary syndrome with lymphomatous transformation to large cell lymphoma with fludarabine phosphate.
• The complex history of the fronto-occipital fasciculus.
• The distribution of posterior parietal fibers in the corpus callosum of the rhesus monkey.
• The glycerol tragedy revisited.
• The use of unilateral PCR to identify prominent heteroduplexes formed during PCR of the mouse microsatellite locus D17Mit23.
• Topography and trajectories of commissural fibers of the superior temporal region in the rhesus monkey.
• Topography of commissural fibers of the prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey.
• Treatment of industrial wastewater using photooxidation and bioaugmentation technology.