Exploring the use of a Comic for Education about Expanded Carrier Screening among a Diverse Group of Mothers
| Autor: | Erin Rothwell, Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell, Rebecca Anderson, Jeffrey R. Botkin, Alena Wilson, Erin Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Communication Genetic Carrier Screening Mothers Health literacy Prenatal care Comics Focus group Article Test (assessment) Health Information Management Pregnancy medicine Anxiety Educational Status Humans Mass Screening Health education Female Prospective Studies medicine.symptom business Psychology Patient education Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | J Commun Healthc |
| ISSN: | 1753-8068 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: Expanded carrier screening (ECS) during prenatal care is an important test for identifying prospective parents’ risk of inherited genetic diseases. However, barriers remain for effectively educating patients about ECS. Graphic medicine (i.e. comics) has grown as a mechanism for patient education. The purpose of this study was to explore attitudes and opinions of a comic to educate about ECS during prental care. METHODS: Focus groups were conducted with pregnant women or women who recently gave birth (6 groups, n=54). The participants were all female, 44.4% Latino/Hispanic, 16.7% Bi-Racial/Other, and 43.3% reporting some college education or high school degree RESULTS: Most participants reported high enjoyment with the comic due to their relatability to the characters, simplicity of the story, description of medical outcomes in everyday terms and the exploration of multiple outcomes possible with ECS. In addition, participants reported that during pregnancy their reading habits increase as well as emotional reactions to the content and some participants stated they avoided reading information that may cause stress or anxiety. CONCLUSION: More research is needed to assess what features of the comic promote understanding and how that influences decisions and pre-test patient education for ECS. The use of graphic narratives may enable individuals to better understand medical information in general. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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