Journal of Public Health Policy

TABLE 3

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Newborn Blood Spot Screening in Four Countries: Stakeholder Involvement

Beth K Potter, Denise Avard and Brenda J Wilson

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Table 3. Professional physician associations: strategies for stakeholder participation used and recommended in newborn screening policy literature

Strategies used
 Direct input
  Multi-stakeholder working groups involved in developing policy (6, 31)
  Co-sponsorship of NBS Task Force with governmental and consumer/patient groups (31)
 Indirect input
  Policy informed by stakeholder surveys (29, 6)
 Consultation
  Opportunities for comment on draft documents (6)
  Consultation with broad stakeholder communities in developing policy (31)
 
Strategies recommended *
  General need for inclusive policy development, including governmental, health professional, patient/family, and citizen representation (31)
  Need for provision of consumer feedback to NBS programs (6)
  Need for multi-stakeholder advisory committees or boards (6, 31, 55)
  Need for public information/education (31, 55)
  Need for family involvement in developing NBS program educational materials (31)

* We did not classify recommended strategies as "direct input", "indirect input" or "consultation", as recommendations tended to be too general for such categorization.

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