Table 2.
Responses to knowledge, attitude, and experience questions.
| Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | All sites | |
| Ever had genetics course? | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 (17.6%) |
| No | 34 | 14 | 22 | 70 (82.4%) |
| Ever had course with genetics information? | ||||
| Yes | 16 | 15 | 20 | 51 (59.3%) |
| No | 20 | 4 | 10 | 34 (39.5%) |
| I don’t know | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.2%) |
| Ever charted family tree (genealogy)? | ||||
| Yes | 14 | 12 | 11 | 37 (43.0%) |
| No | 22 | 7 | 19 | 48 (55.8%) |
| I don’t know | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1.2%) |
| Ever charted family health history? | ||||
| Yes | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 (31.8%) |
| No | 26 | 13 | 19 | 58 (68.2%) |
| Ever had prenatal testing? | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 (5.9%) |
| No | 30 | 13 | 17 | 60 (88.2%) |
| I don’t know | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (2.9%) |
| I do not want to answer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2.9%) |
| Ever had genetic testing? | ||||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 (5.8%) |
| No | 33 | 19 | 26 | 78 (90.7%) |
| I don’t know | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 (3.5%) |
| If you/your partner pregnant, would you want test for serious genetic disorders? | ||||
| Yes | 22 | 15 | 19 | 56 (68.3%) |
| No | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 (22.0%) |
| I don’t know | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 (9.8%) |
| How much have you heard or read about genetic testing? | ||||
| A great deal | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 (6.0%) |
| Not very much | 31 | 17 | 23 | 71 (84.5%) |
| Nothing at all | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 (9.5%) |
| Do you think genetic screening will do …? | ||||
| More good than harm | 22 | 10 | 9 | 41 (48.8%) |
| More harm than good | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.4%) |
| It depends | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 (45.2%) |
| I don’t know | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 (3.6%) |