Thompson Kristen, Atkinson Shelby, Kleyn Mary
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI 48933, USA.
Int J Neonatal Screen. 2022 May 11;8(2):34. doi: 10.3390/ijns8020034.
Educating parents about the newborn screening (NBS) process is critical in ensuring that families are aware of their child's NBS, which could contribute to better outcomes for the baby and experiences for the family. Successful education efforts result in expecting parents understanding the importance of NBS, feeling comfortable with the NBS process, and being aware of their choices after NBS is complete. Educating parents prenatally is challenging for many NBS programs for a variety of reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic added additional barriers to NBS programs' ability to educate parents prenatally about NBS. By initiating a department-wide partnership among other programs with a similar target audience, Michigan's NBS Program was able to host a virtual baby fair. Since the inaugural event, Michigan's NBS Program has hosted seven virtual fairs with 15 participating programs. A total of 692 participants registered for the baby fair and received a resource packet, over 157 participants joined one of the live presentations, and 211 have viewed the YouTube videos of recorded fairs. Virtual baby fairs are a cost-effective and convenient approach to education that could be implemented in any NBS program to educate parents prenatally about NBS.
让家长了解新生儿筛查（NBS）流程对于确保家庭知晓其孩子的NBS情况至关重要，这有助于为婴儿带来更好的结果，并提升家庭体验。成功的教育工作能使准父母理解NBS的重要性，对NBS流程感到安心，并在NBS完成后了解自己的选择。由于多种原因，对许多NBS项目而言，在产前对家长进行教育具有挑战性。新冠疫情给NBS项目在产前对家长进行NBS教育的能力增加了额外障碍。通过在其他面向类似目标受众的项目之间建立全部门合作伙伴关系，密歇根州的NBS项目得以举办一场虚拟婴儿博览会。自首届活动以来，密歇根州的NBS项目已举办了七场虚拟博览会，有15个参与项目。共有692名参与者注册参加了婴儿博览会并收到了一份资料包，超过157名参与者参加了其中一场现场演示，211人观看了录制的博览会YouTube视频。虚拟婴儿博览会是一种经济高效且便捷的教育方式，可在任何NBS项目中实施，以便在产前对家长进行NBS教育。
