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 | Screening ChoicesWhat is the Screening Choices Programme?Screening Choices is a in-depth education programme commissioned by the UK NSC to meet the needs of a range of health professionals offering antenatal and newborn care. It was produced by the Cambridge based partnership of HSHS (formerly Homerton School of Health Studies) and Jill Rogers Associates. The programme aims to enhance skills and knowledge needed to ensure women and their families can make informed choices about offers of screening. Many of these choices are stressful and raise anxieties and dilemmas. Health professionals play a vital role in helping women to understand the options available to them and the consequences of different choices, and to support them without directing their decisions. The programme is in its 2nd edition, dated November 2005 and now forms part of many pre and post registration professional education programmes. In addition Screening Choices offers organisations a way to meet their policy goals by ensuring staff have the necessary skills to offer appropriate antenatal and newborn screening choices to women and families safely. The content has been mapped against a range of NHS initiatives to demonstrate how the learning materials can support both the:
Download a copy of the paper above: Mapping against NHS initiatives How to Access Screening ChoicesMost maternity units and universities in England were issued with CD Roms containing the Screening Choices materials. We regret that the CD version is no longer available due to high demand - please use the electronic version instead. For study days related to Screening Choices or further information please contact your regional team. Additional Note:If you have the 1st edition of the Screening Choices resource, please see this important Factsheet: |
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