Th role of counselling to reduce parental fears and anxiety about newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Northern Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15373721 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Enyonam Duah (Navrongo Health Research Centre, corresponding author), Samuel T Chatio, Samuel Chatio (0000-0001-9998-748X), Lucy O Ababio (Navrongo Health Research Centre), Nicola Lister (Novartis (Switzerland)), Olufolake Egbujo (Novartis (Switzerland)), Kwaku Marfo (0009-0003-5922-0956, Novartis (Switzerland)), Isaac Odame (0000-0002-9008-6236, University of Toronto), Patrick Ansah (0000-0002-3214-5621, Navrongo Health Research Centre) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2808-2808 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-025-24134-9 |
| PMID | 40819071 |
| OpenAlex | W4413270088 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Although counselling has been described as a key component in the planned SCD screening program, adequate training to improve knowledge, counselling skills as well as positive attitude of counsellors towards parents could enhance the effectiveness of counselling services offered
Anxiety · Biostatistics · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Focus group · Health care · Intervention (counseling · Nonprobability sampling · Pathology · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Qualitative research · Thematic analysis · Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Iron Metabolism and Disorders · Medicine · Nursing
| Highly cited | No |
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