Exploring the Effectiveness of Mandatory Premarital Screening and Genetic Counselling Programmes for β-Thalassaemia in the Middle East: A Scoping Review

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 193-203

  Saffi, Marwa ^a   Howard, Natasha ^b  

^a Abu Dhabi Health Services Co   (United Arab Emirates)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic counselling; Middle East; Premarital screening; Reproductive rights; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BAHRAIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIRTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IRAN; IRAQ; JORDAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE EAST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UTILIZATION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84937973229     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430837     Document Type: Review

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