Working with Family Advocates in Newborn Screening

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Working with Family Advocates in Newborn Screening

Public Square #6Published September 20, 2017
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On September 21, 2017, Baby's First Test hosted a webinar on how newborn screening programs can effectively collaborate with and support family advocates. During the webinar, Amy Gaviglio, MS, CGC from the Minnesota Department of Health discussed Minnesota's experience supporting family advocates, and Shanna Quimby shared her family's advocacy journey and her work through Gavin Flying for a Cure. You can watch the full webinar here.

After hearing Minnesota's and Shanna's experience working together, we want to hear from you! How can newborn screening programs collaborate and partner with families? What are the challenges that you've experienced? What have been the successes?

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The Question: 
How can newborn screening programs collaborate and partner with family advocates?

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Natasha Bonhomme Project Director/ Co-Principal Investigatorat Baby's First Test

Welcome everyone! I am Natasha Bonhomme, Director of Baby's First Test and am moderating this public square on the importance of partnership between NBS programs and family advocates. We are looking forward to hearing from you about what you have seen work and what what are some emerging opportunities when it comes to NBS programs and advocates working together. Even if you can’t participate in the September 21 webinar, please share your thoughts and ideas. We know there are many examples of how NBS programs and family advocacy groups have been able to work together and learn from each other to improve newborn screening. We want everyone to feel welcome to share their questions, stories, and ideas for stronger partnerships. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

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Natasha Bonhomme Project Director/ Co-Principal Investigatorat Baby's First Test

Thank you Jolene for sharing your story. First we are happy that your daughter is healthy and didn't have the condition. Going through so much so young understandably was hard to see. While state programs have helped saved thousands of lives, they still work everyday to improve their systems, from how samples are collected in the hospital/ birth center to running the tests, to communicating with families and health specialists. Though not common, sometimes things don't go as planned.
These stories are important teaching/ awareness building opportunities for everyone involved in newborn screening. We hope families feel comfortable to ask questions and raise concerns and that programs and others in newborn screening have opportunities to gain feedback and share critical information about the screening process all towards a goal of quality improvement for the benefit of all, especially the babies and families. *We did reach out to New York and notify them of this post.

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