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.