Raising awareness of carrier testing for hereditary haemoglobinopathies in high-risk ethnic groups in the Netherlands: A pilot study among the general public and primary care providers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Weinreich, Stephanie S ^a   De Lange De Klerk, Elly Sm ^a   Rijmen, Frank ^a   Cornel, Martina C ^a   De Kinderen, Marja ^b   Plass, Anne Marie C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Foundation Erfocentrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350361982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-338     Document Type: Article

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