Screening for sickle cell and beta thalassaemia
Profiles - Newborn
Interview 04
Full-time mother (formerly secretary), married to a doctor, one child aged 5, pregnant. Ethnic background/nationality' Nigerian.
Interview 18
Full-time mother, with three children aged 9, 8 and 3. Partner is a driver. Ethnic background/nationality' French African.
Interview 25
Partnered couple with one child aged 9 months. Mother aged 18, student. Father aged 22, security officer. Ethnic background/nationality' both Black Portuguese.
Interview 26
Married couple with one child aged 18 months. Mother aged 30, credit controller. Father aged 35, joiner. Ethnic background/nationality' both White British.
Interview 27
Married couple with one child aged 4 months. Father aged 35, market trader. Mother aged 29, full-time mother. Ethnic background/nationality' father half Arab, half White British, mother Thai.
Interview 28
Full-time mother, single, with three children (twins aged 6, baby 4 months). Ethnic background/nationality' half white British, half Jamaican.