The Perception of Premarital Genetic Screening within Young Jordanian Individuals.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q4 GENETICS & HEREDITY Public Health Genomics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1159/000517162

Zaid Altaany, Omar F Khabour, Karem H Alzoubi, Almuthanna K Alkaraki, Ghaith Al-Taani

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Background: During the past two decades, the attention of public health has been drawn to premarital genetic screening (PGS) programs to reduce birth defects and avoid genetic disorders. In Jordan, the high rate of genetic hemoglobinopathies compelled the government to implement an obligatory PGS program before marriage. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge, opinion, and practice of young Jordanians concerning PGS.

Methods: Using a pretested questionnaire, this cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample from Jordan. The measures included respondents' demographics, and beliefs/opinions regarding PGS.

Results: A total of 432 participants completed the survey. The majority (87.8%) had a positive attitude toward PGS program. Reasons behind this positive attitude were preventing transmission of genetic diseases, reducing family breakdown/psychosocial problems, and financial burdens of having a child with genetic disease. In fact, 49.8% of participants were willing to change their marriage decision in case of receiving incompatible results. Moreover, most of the participants (75.1%) demanded the implementation of a law that prohibits incompatible marriages. A positive attitude toward PGS was found to be associated with female gender and having a university education.

Conclusions: Young Jordanians have a positive attitude toward the implementation of PGS. Yet, educational programs should be drawn up to the target population before getting married emphasizing the important role of PGS in the wellness of the community.

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在年轻的约旦人的婚前遗传筛查的看法。

背景:在过去的二十年中，公众健康的注意力已经被吸引到婚前遗传筛查(PGS)计划，以减少出生缺陷和避免遗传疾病。在约旦，遗传性血红蛋白病的高发率迫使政府在婚前实施强制性的PGS计划。因此，本研究的目的是调查约旦年轻人关于PGS的知识、观点和实践。方法:采用预测问卷，对来自约旦的方便样本进行横断面研究。这些措施包括受访者的人口统计数据，以及对PGS的信仰/看法。结果:共有432名参与者完成了调查。绝大多数(87.8%)对PGS项目持积极态度。这种积极态度背后的原因是防止遗传疾病的传播，减少家庭破裂/社会心理问题，以及生育患有遗传疾病的孩子的经济负担。事实上，49.8%的受访者表示，如果结果不一致，他们愿意改变自己的婚姻决定。此外，大多数受访者(75.1%)要求实施禁止不相容婚姻的法律。研究发现，对PGS的积极态度与女性性别和大学学历有关。结论:约旦年轻人对PGS的实施持积极态度。然而，应该在目标人群结婚前制定教育计划，强调PGS在社区健康中的重要作用。

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Public Health Genomics 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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期刊介绍： ''Public Health Genomics'' is the leading international journal focusing on the timely translation of genome-based knowledge and technologies into public health, health policies, and healthcare as a whole. This peer-reviewed journal is a bimonthly forum featuring original papers, reviews, short communications, and policy statements. It is supplemented by topic-specific issues providing a comprehensive, holistic and ''all-inclusive'' picture of the chosen subject. Multidisciplinary in scope, it combines theoretical and empirical work from a range of disciplines, notably public health, molecular and medical sciences, the humanities and social sciences. In so doing, it also takes into account rapid scientific advances from fields such as systems biology, microbiomics, epigenomics or information and communication technologies as well as the hight potential of ''big data'' for public health.