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"I didn’t take it too seriously because I'd just never heard of it" : experiential knowledge and genetic screening for thalassaemia in the UK

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Boardman, Felicity K. and Hale, Rachel (2019) "I didn’t take it too seriously because I'd just never heard of it" : experiential knowledge and genetic screening for thalassaemia in the UK. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 28 (1). pp. 141-154. doi:10.1002/jgc4.1042 ISSN 1059-7700.

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Abstract

Members of the public face particular challenges when undergoing reproductive genetic screening. Lack of family history with genetic disease has been identified as a key barrier affecting screening uptake and responses to genetic risk. This study explores this obstacle using beta thalassaemia as a case study. Fifteen in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted exploring the reproductive views and decisions of people at risk of transmitting thalassaemia. Eleven participants had thalassaemia themselves and/or were members of an affected family. Four participants were identified as thalassaemia carriers through genetic screening programmes with no family history. Notable differences were observed between these two groups. For thalassaemic individuals and families, past experience clarified and facilitated their sense of reproductive responsibility, however carriers struggled to relate to, and incorporate the information into their lives. It was witnessing their child becoming symptomatic - rather than receiving a diagnosis or genetic risk information per se- that had the most substantial influence on carriers’ subsequent views and decisions. Educational resources used to support genetic screening programmes would benefit from an engagement with the experiential accounts of life with genetic disease in order to more effectively bridge the chasm in knowledge and understanding between affected families and the general public, towards whom expansive genetic screening is aimed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH)
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Genetic Counseling
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
ISSN: 1059-7700
Official Date: February 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2019Published
24 December 2018Available
26 October 2018Modified
28 August 2018Accepted
Volume: 28
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 141-154
DOI: 10.1002/jgc4.1042
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 August 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 23 January 2019
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
203384/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust Society and Ethics Investigator Awardhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
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