Factors Influencing Access and Utilization of Genetic Prenatal Care Services Among Women from Underserved Populations

研究：产前基因服务在过去4年中以惊人的速度扩张 孕妇血清中无细胞胎盘DNA用于胎儿基因组测序的研究进展。一些人 评论人士预测，这项新技术允许对越来越多的 广泛的母婴健康状况，将改善产前护理，特别是在资源较少的地区。 然而，对现有产前筛查和诊断的摄取率较低的研究对此提出了质疑。 在少数族裔人口中提供服务，即使消除了获得服务的结构性障碍。这些 差异导致了一些人群的不同结果，包括更高的活产率 受遗传疾病和较高的母婴发病率和死亡率的影响。我们将进行 以社区为基础的参与性定性研究，对象为非裔美国人和拉丁裔妇女 评估他们对接受产前遗传服务的理解和意愿。通过我们的 社区合作伙伴，我们将把我们的研究结果反馈给相关社区，以便 促进关于未来干预措施的富有成效的讨论，以增加少数民族人口的机会。 应聘者：我拥有科学和技术学博士学位，并接受过临床和研究伦理方面的培训 拥有斯坦福大学和杜克大学的两个NHGRI ELSI CEERS学位。我的目标是成为一名独立的- 受资助的研究人员专注于以社区为基础的参与性研究，在妇女的 健康、健康差距和遗传学。为此，我在这段培训期间的目标如下： 1.提高在产前确定和沟通遗传和遗传风险的技能。 2.提高社区参与和健康差距研究的技能 3.建立社区伙伴关系，以便长期发展和实施干预措施 改善获得产前遗传护理的机会。 K奖将使我能够寻求有关产前障碍的重要问题的答案 在服务不足的社区中进行遗传护理。这将使我能够继续接受社区参与方面的培训， 遗传学和健康差异，并与该领域的研究人员建立联系，以便在#年合作传播 为了建立一个强有力的研究组合，以减少孕妇的健康差距 服务不足的人群。 导师和制度环境：我已经建立了强大的内部和外部导师关系 以及生物伦理学和产科护理领域的专家咨询团队，指导我并支持我的 研究和培训。这项研究将在梅奥诊所进行，梅奥诊所是一家领先的研究机构， 获得广泛的遗传、健康服务和转化研究资源，这将加强我的努力 来实现我雄心勃勃的目标。

Research: Prenatal genetic services have expanded at an extraordinary pace over the past 4 years with the development of fetal genome sequencing using cell-free placental DNA in maternal serum. Some commentators predict that this new technology, which allows for noninvasive determination of an increasingly wide range of maternal-fetal health conditions, will improve prenatal care, especially in lower-resource areas. However, this is called into question by research on lower uptake of existing prenatal screening and diagnostic services among ethnic minority populations, even when structural barriers to access are removed. These disparities have lead to differential outcomes among some populations, including higher rates of live births affected by a genetic condition and higher maternal-infant morbidity and mortality. We will conduct community based participatory qualitative research with women of African American and Latina ethnicity to assess their understanding of and desire to accept prenatal genetic services. Through our community partners, we will feed the results of our research back into the communities in question in order to facilitate fruitful discussions of future interventions to increase access in ethnic minority populations. Candidate: I hold a PhD in Science and Technology Studies and have trained in clinical and research ethics with two NHGRI ELSI CEERS, at Stanford and Duke Universities. My goal is to become an independently- funded researcher focusing on community based participatory research at the intersection of women's health, health disparities and genetics. To that end, my goals for this training period are as follows: 1. Improve skills in ascertaining and communicating genetics and genetic risk in the prenatal period. 2. Improve skills in community engagement and health disparities research 3. Build community partnerships that allow for long-term development and implementation of interventions to improve access to prenatal genetic care. The K award would allow me to seek answers to important questions around barriers to access to prenatal genetic care among underserved communities. It would allow me to pursue training in community engagement, genetics, and health disparities and to forge links with researchers in the field for collaborative dissemination in order to build a robust research portfolio around reducing health disparities among pregnant women from underserved populations. Mentorship and Institutional environment: I have assembled a strong internal and external mentorship and advisory team of experts in the fields of Bioethics and Obstetric Care to guide me and support my research and training. The research will be conducted at Mayo Clinic, a premier research institution with access to extensive genetic, health services, and translational research resources that will enhance my efforts to achieve my ambitious aims.