Th role of counselling to reduce parental fears and anxiety about newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Northern Ghana
Abstract Introduction In Ghana, about 15,000 newborn children are diagnosed to have sickle cell disease (SCD) annually. Previous studies have demonstrated that while neonatal screening coupled with early intervention reduces SCD-related morbidity and mortality, only 50–70% of screened-positive child...
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| Main Authors: | Enyonam Duah, Samuel T. Chatio, Lucy O. Ababio, Nicola Lister, Olufolake Egbujo, Kwaku Marfo, Isaac Odame, Patrick Ansah |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24134-9 |
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