Nationwide survey on awareness of consanguinity and genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia: challenges and potential solutions to reduce the national healthcare burden
The present study, one of the largest national surveys in highly consanguineous society, highlights that even the young and college-educated participants have low awareness of the genetic disease burden, which is strikingly high in all corners of the country. Social media platforms can be used by genetic professionals and national organizations to disseminate the reliable educational material to the public to reduce the national healthcare and economic burden in the future.
Authors
- Ashraf A. El‐Harouni
- Turki S Alahmadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-4532)
- Dalal Sameer Alshaer
- Babajan Banaganapalli
- Ramu Elango (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-2135)
- Naeima Yousef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-141X)
- Mahmoud Almutadares
- Deema Aljeaid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0343-6083)
- Taghreed Shuaib
- Noor Ahmad Shaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7133-656X)
- A. A. Galal
- Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Ghamdi
Institutions
- Northern Border University (SA)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Research Institute of Ophthalmology (EG)
- King Abdulaziz Hospital (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Human Genomics
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-024-00700-x
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.38
Funders
- King Abdulaziz University