ArticleAmerican journal of public health2004
Socioeconomic barriers to informed decisionmaking regarding maternal serum screening for down syndrome: results of the French National Perinatal Survey of 1998.
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- Social Inequalities in Infant Mortality Related to Congenital Anomalies: A Population-Based Register Study.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2026Article
- Noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) results for participants of the eXtraordinarY babies study: Screening, counseling, diagnosis, and discordance.Journal of genetic counseling · 2023Article
- Impact of maternal education on the outcome of newborns requiring surgery for congenital malformations.PloS one · 2019Article
- How should costs and cost-effectiveness be considered in prenatal genetic testing?Seminars in perinatology · 2018Review
- Assessing sociodemographic differences (or lack thereof) in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects: a population-based study.BMJ open · 2016Observational
- The influences of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on women's choice of prenatal care facility: Investigation of differences between rural and non-rural areas.BMC health services research · 2008Article
- Advances in medical technology and creation of disparities: the case of Down syndrome.American journal of public health · 2006Article
- Collecting population-based perinatal data efficiently: the example of the Lebanese National Perinatal Survey.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2006Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe sought to evaluate socioeconomic disparities in serum screening for Down syndrome and assess whether such disparities are more likely to reflect limits in access or information or, rather, informed decisionmaking.
methodsA nationally representative sample of 12 869 French women completed interviews after giving birth.
resultsWe found substantial disparities in the likelihood of (1) women not being offered screening, (2) screening not being offered as a result of late prenatal care, and (3) women not knowing whether or not they had undergone screening. Except in the case of nationality, there was essentially no evidence of differences in refusal of testing.
conclusionsRather than representing informed decisionmaking, socioeconomic disparities in screening for Down syndrome are mostly due to limits in access or to information.
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