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Botkin and colleagues created this semi-structured interview guide to uncover what prospective parents are interested in knowing about the practice of retaining residual newborn screening bloodspots by state newborn screening programs for various purposes (e.g., quality assurance, biomedical research, and forensic applications). The guide contains seven interview questions to ask prospective parents about newborn screening/residual samples.

This parent consent form was approved by the Institutional Review Board for the Baylor College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals for use in the Incorporation of Genomic Sequencing into Pediatric Cancer Care Study. The purpose of the study was learn how to report and use clinical exome sequencing test results for childhood cancer patients.

The GEmS can be used to assess the genomic healthcare empowerment of parents (e.g., the meaning of a diagnosis for their child, emotional management of the process, their confidence in utilizing the information, etc.) related to the conduct of genomic sequencing for diagnostic purposes in their children in both research and healthcare settings.

This patient consent form was approved by the Institutional Review Board for the Baylor College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals for use in the Incorporation of Genomic Sequencing into Pediatric Cancer Care Study. The purpose of the study was learn how to report and use clinical exome sequencing test results for childhood cancer patients.

This parent consent form was approved by the Institutional Review Board for the Baylor College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals for use in the Incorporation of Genomic Sequencing into Pediatric Cancer Care Study. The purpose of the study was learn how to report and use clinical exome sequencing test results for childhood cancer patients.