Knowledge of sickle cell disease among parturiant mothers in Benin City and their attitude to newborn screening.

Odunvbun, ME; Okolo, AA; Rahimy, C

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“…Bearing children in marriage brings great joy but also compelling responsibility that places great demand on couple's time and finance especially when coupled with chronic disease conditions such as SCD. Studies [7][8][9] have reported that more than half of married couples enter into marriage unaware of their haemoglobin genotypes. This may account for the reported 2% annual births of children with SCD in most developing countries.…”

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Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitude towards Sickle Cell Disease among University Students

Boadu¹,

Addoah²

2018

J Community Med Health Educ

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Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders among the African descent. SCD is associated with intermittent excruciating pain, increased morbidity and mortality yet has received less recognition in the public domain. There is growing evidence on the need to increase awareness to reduce the disease incidence. This study aimed to elicit student's knowledge, beliefs and attitude of SCD.

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Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitude towards Sickle Cell Disease among University Students

Boadu¹,

Addoah²

2018

J Community Med Health Educ

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Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of premarital screening with special focus on sickle cell disease: a study from Odisha

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Awareness and uptake of pre-conceptional genotype screening among pregnant women in South-South Nigeria

Maduka,

Okubor

2023

Ann Clin Biomed Res

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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inheritable genetic disease occurring worldwide. Nigeria is regarded as the epicenter of the disease, with a high number of SCD babies born annually. The risk of having an SCD baby remains high once there is a union between two heterozygous couple; therefore, it is imperative for intending couples to know their genotypes before marriage and conception. Currently, it is only the churches that insist on genotype before marriage. The result subsequently is a marriage between a heterozygous couple with a high possibility of the birth of an SCD baby. This cross-sectional study surveyed 430 consecutive consenting antenatal clinic clients presenting for booking in Central Hospital, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. The women completed a questionnaire with sections on sociodemographic attributes, awareness of their SCD and their genotype, awareness of their partner’s genotype, source of information, and ways to improve uptake of preconception genotype screening. The age range 25-34 years constituted 68.1% of the study population, with the majority of them (95.1%) of the Christian faith. Married women form 90.1% of the participants. Only 55.1% of the participants were aware of their genotype before conception. Higher education, being a Christian, marital status, and the type of marriage significantly affected patients’ awareness of their genotype. The majority of them heard about genotype screening from a health professional (30.5%), while the commonest reasons why many of them did genotype screening were for school admission 13.3%, for knowledge’s sake (12.1%) and as a requirement for marriage (24.7%). Some of the ways suggested to help increase the uptake of genotype screening include community meetings, text and WhatsApp messages, television and radio messages. Despite the fact that Nigeria remains the epicenter of SCD in the world, the uptake of preconception genotype screening is still low. The government, health workers, churches and marriage counselors, and the community have a major role to play in increasing the awareness and uptake of preconception genotype screening.

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Knowledge of sickle cell disease among parturiant mothers in Benin City and their attitude to newborn screening.

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Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitude towards Sickle Cell Disease among University Students

Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitude towards Sickle Cell Disease among University Students

Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of premarital screening with special focus on sickle cell disease: a study from Odisha

Awareness and uptake of pre-conceptional genotype screening among pregnant women in South-South Nigeria

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