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Rauch JB, Curtiss CR. 1992. Taking a family health/ genetic history: An ethnocultural learning guide and handbook. Baltimore, MD: University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Social Work, 104 pp.

Annotation: This guide is for child welfare workers and other human service providers involved with foster children and children who are being adopted. The objective is to equip child welfare workers to obtain genetic family histories from clients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Genetic counselors and other human service professionals will also be able to use portions of the guide. The guide explains a procedure for obtaining family genetic histories, reviews basic genetics, describes genetic services, discusses attributes of cultural competence, presents a content and process framework for task-focused ethnocultural learning. Finally, it offers suggestions for working with interpreters, and gives pointers on interviewing involuntary clients. A list of ethnocultural and genetic resource organizations and a bibliography are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, Cultural diversity, Culturally competent services, Family health, Genealogy, Genetic counseling, Genetic counselors, Genetics, Medical history

Evers-Kiebooms G, Fryns J, Cassiman J, Van den Berghe H, eds. 1992. Psychosocial aspects of genetic counseling: Proceedings of a conference held September 24-26, 1990, Leuven, Belgium. New York, NY: Wiley-Liss, John Wiley and Sons, 203 pp. (Birth defects: Original article series; v. 28, no. 1)

Annotation: These proceedings include contributions on the following psychosocial aspects of genetic counseling: process issues; cross-cultural issues; decision making in the context of genetic risk; the reproductive decision-making process after genetic counseling; support in decision making processes in the post-counseling period; reproductive choices in couples at risk for genetic disease; a protocol to address the depressive effects of abortion for fetal abnormalities discovered prenatally via amniocentesis; psychosocial intervention strategies for professionals; genetic counseling and mental retardation; Prader-Willi syndrome; pitfalls in counseling for predictive testing in Huntington disease; hemophilia and the use of genetic counseling and carrier testing within family networks; psychological implications of genetic screening; and lay conceptions of genetic disorders.

Contact: March of Dimes, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, Telephone: (914) 997-4488 Secondary Telephone: Web Site: http://www.marchofdimes.com Available in libraries.

Keywords: Abortion, Albinism, Fragile X syndrome, Genetic counseling, Genetic counselors, Genetic disorders, Genetic screening, Huntingtons disease, Neurofibromatosis, Prader Willi syndrome, Prenatal diagnosis, Psychosocial factors

University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Genetics and Developmental Disabilities. 1979. Genetics associates: Their training, role and function. Rockville, MD: U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services, 40 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings of a Genetics Associates Conference held April 22-25, 1979 in Williamsburg, VA, provide information on the four topics considered at the meeting: curricula of genetics associate training programs, funding for genetic counseling services, continuing education programs for genetic counselors, and evaluation of training programs and graduates. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Genetic counselors, Genetic services, MCH training, Professional training

   

The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.