Buying reassurance
Uptake of non-invasive prenatal testing among pregnant women of advanced maternal age in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21148929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jifang Qiu (0000-0003-1223-291X, Nanjing Medical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 122-140 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Risk & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8575 • E-ISSN: 1469-8331 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13698575.2019.1639636 |
| OpenAlex | W2958836916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 54 |
Despite much ethical debate concerning non-invasive prenatal testing to abort or to detect genes, research on the experience of those who choose this new technology in China is limited, especially after the introduction of the Two-child Policy. In this article I analyse qualitative data from 25 interviews with pregnant women of advanced maternal age (pregnancy after 35) under the Two-child Policy, conducted in 2014 to 2016, as well as observational data from a 6-month, in-hospital participant observation in 2016. These data were collected with the aim to examine how non-invasive prenatal testing affects pregnant women’s risk perceptions and why this technology is widely accepted by pregnant women of advanced maternal age in China. I conclude that the women in my study accepted their ‘high-risk’ identity within prenatal care, and that non-invasive prenatal testing was integrated in this care. Women’s interactions with genetic counsellors, their husbands and close friends and community doctors produced anxieties, with women feeling responsible for the health of their foetuses. Consequently, the women in my study were willing to ‘buy’ this test for reassurance. The consumption of this new technology by pregnant women after the Two-child Policy lays a foundation for the market development of this technology in urban China
Advanced maternal age · China · Environmental health · Family medicine · Feeling · Fetus · Observational study · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Prenatal care · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Medicine · Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
Testing Women, Testing the Fetus
Risk in pregnancy and birth
Risk
Risk Society
Suzhi
Risk and Culture
Experiences of Mandarin-speaking and English-speaking women of undergoing non-invasive prenatal genetic screening
Localizing Nipt
Will the introduction of non‐invasive prenatal testing for D own's syndrome undermine informed choice
Practices of the Pregnant Self
Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar
Prenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome
Conceiving the New World Order
Motherhood in utero
Risk and Blame
Qualitative Data Analysis
Of Sonograms and Baby Prams
Participant Observation and Interviewing
The Corporeal Politics of Quality (Suzhi)
I'm Not the One They're Sticking the Needle Into
Talk Is Cheap
Mothering Expectant Mothers
Let's have it tested first
Projecting Potentiality
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |