Screening for sickle cell and beta thalassaemia
Profiles - Antenatal sickle cell
Interview 01
Student, single. Female partner pregnant for first time. Ethnic background/nationality' Akan, Ghana.
Interview 03
Married, three children. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 05
Former safety engineer, married, first pregnancy. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 06
Student, single (partnered), in first pregnancy. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 07
Full-time mother, single, three children aged 10, 8 and 4. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 09
Student, married, one child aged seven months. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 10
Full-time mother, single, one child aged seven months. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 11
Chef, single, one child aged 2. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 12
Couple with no children, aged 35 (female) and 57 (male). Female partner is not working, male partner is a carer. Ethnic background/nationality' Female- Black African, Male- White British.
Interview 14
Cleaning company supervisor and social work student, married with two children aged 5 and 3. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African (Congo).
Interview 19
Registered childminder, with three children aged 13, 11 and 9, now pregnant with new partner. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.
Interview 20
Researcher, with one child aged 4, now pregnant again. Husband also a researcher. Ethnic background/nationality' half African, half European.
Interview 34
Housewife, single, with 3 children. Ethnic background/nationality' Black African.