Health beliefs among African American women regarding genetic testing and counseling for sickle cell disease

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 303-310

  Gustafson, Shanna L ^a,c   Gettig, Elizabeth A ^a   Watt Morse, Margaret ^b   Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Belief Model; Hemoglobinopathy; Population screening; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249026407     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3180534282     Document Type: Article

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