Informal Prenatal Genetic Screening Education: What can you learn from Google and YouTube?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The goal of this paper is to explore what online education and decision support tools are freely available to patients about prenatal screening.

Materials and methods

We 1) conducted an environmental scan using Google Trends to identify and evaluate prenatal screening search terms, 2) created a list of websites and YouTube videos that would be easily accessed by a searcher and 3) characterized the information within those websites and videos, including an examination of their qualities as a decision support tool and a readability analysis.

Results

Fifty websites, containing 62 unique educational resources, and 39 YouTube videos were analyzed. The websites were primarily educational, though the education was provided by a range of sources including non-pro

SUBMITTER: Johnson EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11601100 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature