The project aimed to identifY socio-cultural factors influencing attitudes to sickle cell disease (SCD) and decisions about a pregnancy at risk ofproducing a child with sickle cell anaemia; and to identifY differences between African and Caribbean respondents. Sample: Phase 1 - General public African and Caribbean men and women; Phase 2 Pregnant African and Caribbean women with sickle cell trait (HbAS) Phase 3 - Pregnant women from Phase 2 and their partners, who have HbAS, placing the couple at-risk ofhaving a child with HbSS.Methodology: Phase 1 and 2 - a questionnaire (appendix 1) examining - knowledge ofSCD and five attitude variables - importance ofhaving children, locus ofcontrol in genetic decision-making, prevention ofbirth ofchildren with SCD, perception ofthe burden and severity ofSCD.. Phase 3 - semi structured interview (appendix 3), which examined attitude and response ofpregnant women and their partners to their being at-risk ofhaving a child with sickle cell anaemia.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:505104 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Oni, Iyabode O. |
| Publisher | University of Surrey |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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