Choice of screening tests.

Relationship of Informed Choice about Fetal Anomaly Screening with Worry and Anxiety in Pregnant Women

Background & aim: The purpose of prenatal screening programs during pregnancy is to empower the women to make an informed choice and reduce the uncertainty in decision making. However, the screening itself may cause worry and anxiety in the pregnant females. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of the informed choice in the pregnant females about fetal anomaly screening with worry a...

Older adults’ preferences for colorectal cancer-screening test attributes and test choice

BACKGROUND Understanding which attributes of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests drive older adults' test preferences and choices may help improve decision making surrounding CRC screening in older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS To explore older adults' preferences for CRC-screening test attributes and screening tests, we conducted a survey with a discrete choice experiment (DCE), a direct...

The ethical implications of screening for HIV: whose choice reigns?

Effects of Different Response Types on Iranian EFL Test Takers’ Performance

Test method facet is one of the factors which can have an influence on the test takers’ performance. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of two different response types, multiple-choice cloze and multiple-choice test, on the pre-intermediate and intermediate test takers’ reading comprehension performance. To this end, 40 pre-intermediate and intermediate learners par...

Japan Turns Pro-Life: Recent Change in Reproductive Health Policy and Controversies over Prenatal Screening

Japan, known as a pro-choice country in terms of abortion, is currently facing the increase of “selective abortions” thanks to new prenatal screening. Efforts to restrict proliferation of new technology has not been successful and it is likely that Japan will turn pro-life by strictly enforcing the Maternity Protection Act (MPA), which prohibits abortions due to “fetal cause”.

Women’s preferences for antenatal screening for Down syndrome in Northern Ireland: a choice experiment

Background. Despite an increasing international trend towards the implementation of antenatal screening programmes for Down syndrome, there is currently limited information relating to women’s choices or preferences for such screening. Information about women’s preferences for and insight into the potential value they may derive from any change to screening programme design are essential compon...