Effect of education and attitude on health professionals' knowledge on prenatal screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ongoing developments in prenatal anomaly screening necessitate continuous updating of counsellors' knowledge. We explored the effect of a refresher counselling course on participants' knowledge of prenatal screening.

Methods

We investigated the association between knowledge and counsellors' working experience. Also, the association between knowledge and counsellors' attitude towards prenatal screening was determined. All counsellors in the North-West region of the Netherlands were invited to attend a refresher counselling course and fill in both a pre-course and a post-course questionnaire. The participants consisted of midwifes, sonographers and gynaecologists. A 55-item questionnaire assessed pre-course (T0) and post-course (T1) knowledge. At T0, counsellors'

SUBMITTER: Jansen CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839104 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature