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Health beliefs among African American women regarding genetic testing and counseling for sickle cell disease.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 May 2007

Gustafson Shanna L, Gettig Elizabeth A, Watt-Morse Margaret, Krishnamurti Lakshmanan

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PURPOSE: The Health Belief Model can help in understanding low acceptance of disease prevention and screening. We studied health beliefs of African American women to determine causes of low acceptance of genetic testing and counseling despite high prevalence of sickle cell disease and heterozygotes in this population. METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire using a 12-question measure with a 5-point Likert scale...

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PMID: 17505208
DOI: 10.1097/gim.0b013e3180534282

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