Small practices are ready to take on screening for haemoglobin disorders
The present system of antenatal screening for carriers of haemoglobin
disorders means that many couples at risk of conceiving a child with a
sickle cell disorder or thalassaemia are identified too late for
prenatal diagnosis. Modell et al (p 788) investigated the feasibility
of improving screening for haemoglobin disorders in London general
practices by using a nurse facilitator. The number of requests from the
intervention practices almost doubled in the study year; over half the
increase was due to singlehanded practitioners working in areas with a
high proportion of ethnic minority residents. The authors conclude that
carrier screening in primary care is already happening and can be
increased but needs to be coupled with early antenatal testing.
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Related Article
- A multidisciplinary approach for improving services in primary care: randomised controlled trial of screening for haemoglobin disorders
- Michael Modell, Beatrix Wonke, Elizabeth Anionwu, Maren Khan, Sharon See Tai, Michael Lloyd, and Bernadette Modell
BMJ 1998 317: 788-791.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
This article
- Respond to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when responses are posted
- Alert me when a correction is posted
Services
- Email this article to a friend
- Find similar articles in BMJ
- Find similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Related content
Bookmark with
What's new
Latest blogs
Services
Tools
Online poll
Resources
Rapid responses for this article
There are no rapid responses for this article.Most read last week
Print issues
Student BMJ
Intimate examinations
Israeli students are refusing to perform intimate examinations on anaesthetised women without their informed consent.
