Th role of counselling to reduce parental fears and anxiety about newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Northern Ghana
Although counselling has been described as a key component in the planned SCD screening program, adequate training to improve knowledge, counselling skills as well as positive attitude of counsellors towards parents could enhance the effectiveness of counselling services offered.
Authors
- Patrick Ansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-5621)
- Kwaku Marfo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5922-0956)
- Samuel Chatio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-748X)
- Olufolake Egbujo
- Lucy O Ababio
- Enyonam Duah
- Nicola Lister
- Isaac Odame
Institutions
- Novartis (Switzerland) (CH)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24134-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Novartis Pharma