Prenatal genetic screening can offer soon-to-be parents and those considering parenthood information about the chance of passing on certain conditions to their child, allowing women and their partners to make informed decisions about planning their family, pregnancy management, and future child-rearing. A variety of tools and methods are available for prenatal screenings — all with a goal of gaining insight into the potential outcome of certain genetic conditions.
Expanded Carrier Screening (ECS) allows individuals to assess the chance of having a child with certain inherited genetic conditions prior to conception or during pregnancy. It can determine the carrier status of reproductive partners for some recessive and/or X-linked genetic conditions that can be inherited by their children, such as Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease.
Expanded Carrier Screening is part of the SWHR Maternal Health Network, which engages the following focus areas: Expanded Carrier Screening, Fertility, Maternal & Infant Health Disparities, and Noninvasive Prenatal Screening.
Guides & Toolkits
The NIPS Resource Guide can help provided education and information about the process, risks, and benefits of NIPS, helping give...
Fact Sheets
This genetic screening poster focuses on two types of screens, Expanded Carrier Screening and Noninvasive Prenatal Screening, as well as...
Guides & Toolkits
The Genetic Screening Roadmap was developed to raise awareness, expand education, and improve implementation of genetic screening among women, health...
Guides & Toolkits
The Genetic Screening Roadmap was developed to raise awareness, expand education, and improve implementation of genetic screening among women, health...
Prenatal genetic screening can be a helpful tool for future parents to make informed decisions about their health care. SWHR spoke with two experts at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) about genetic screening.
The Noninvasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) Resource Guide for Women was created to help pregnant individuals navigate conversations with providers and professionals about their prenatal screening options.
The Genetic Screening Roadmap aims to assist maternal health clinicians in framing and providing genetic screening for women.
SWHR convened a diverse working group of clinicians, genetic counselors, patient advocates, policy professionals, and industry representatives for a three-day roundtable meeting on eliminating barriers to access and, by extension, reducing health disparities in prenatal care as they relate to ECS and NIPS.
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