{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T04:49:44Z","timestamp":1787028584169,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":19,"publisher":"MDPI AG","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]],"date-time":"2025-01-08T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1736294400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["IJNS"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) aims to detect treatable disorders in newborns to offer early interventions. According to the official Dutch national NBS guidance, parents in the Netherlands should be informed about NBS during pregnancy by maternity care providers (MCPs), providing two leaflets and oral information. This study investigated what, how, and when information about NBS is given during pregnancy according to Dutch MCPs. An online questionnaire was completed by 279 MCPs; 237 (84.9%) provided information to parents themselves, although 4.6% of them only did so postnatally, and 240 (86.0%) considered this the task of the MCP. Among the 237 MCPs, information was provided by personal conversation (59.9%) and by giving at least one leaflet (83.1%), while 25.7% only gave leaflets. Being a first pregnancy (45.1%) and parents\u2019 literacy (38.8%) influenced how MCPs provided information. Information was mostly provided at 34\u201337 weeks gestation (68.8%). Conversations mostly included giving information on when NBS will be performed (97.2%), the purpose of NBS (93.7%), how the test will be performed (92.3%), and participation being voluntary (80.3%). The results suggest that while most Dutch MCPs consider it their task to provide NBS information, its timing, method, and completeness do not always follow the established guidelines.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijns11010005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]],"date-time":"2025-01-08T11:56:22Z","timestamp":1736337382000},"page":"5","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Maternity Care Providers\u2019 Experiences with Providing Information on Newborn Bloodspot Screening During Pregnancy: A Dutch Survey Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Jasmijn E.","family":"Klapwijk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Genetics and Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janneke","family":"Gitsels-van der Wal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery Science and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Midwifery Academy Amsterdam Groningen, InHolland, 1059 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3041-6536","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Linda","family":"Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery Science and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Midwifery Academy Amsterdam Groningen, InHolland, 1059 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rendelien K.","family":"Verschoof-Puite","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Vaccine Supply and Prevention Programmes, RIVM Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ellen","family":"Elsinghorst","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Population Screening, RIVM Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3531-0597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lidewij","family":"Henneman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Genetics and Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.1038\/s41431-020-00716-6","article-title":"Regulatory landscape of providing information on newborn screening to parents across Europe","volume":"29","author":"Driscoll","year":"2021","journal-title":"Eur. J. Human Genet."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"IJzebrink, A., van Dijk, T., Frankov\u00e1, V., Loeber, G., Ko\u017eich, V., Henneman, L., and Jansen, M. (2021). Informing parents about newborn screening: A European comparison study. Int. J. Neonatal Screen., 7.","DOI":"10.3390\/ijns7010013"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Tluczek, A., Ersig, A.L., and Lee, S. (2022). Psychosocial issues related to newborn screening: A systematic review and synthesis. Int. J. Neonatal Screen., 8.","DOI":"10.3390\/ijns8040053"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"326","DOI":"10.1097\/JPN.0b013e3181a1bc1f","article-title":"Newborn screening: An appeal for improved parent education","volume":"23","author":"Tluczek","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. Perinat. Neonatal Nurs."},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Van der Pal, S.M., Wins, S., Klapwijk, J.E., van Dijk, T., Kater-Kuipers, A., van der Ploeg, C.P.B., Jans, S., Kemp, S., Verschoof-Puite, R.K., and van den Bosch, L.J.M. (2022). Parents\u2019 views on accepting, declining, and expanding newborn bloodspot screening. PLoS ONE, 17.","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0272585"},{"key":"ref_6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126","DOI":"10.1016\/j.puhe.2021.02.005","article-title":"Acceptability of childhood screening: A systematic narrative review","volume":"193","author":"Carlton","year":"2021","journal-title":"Public Health"},{"key":"ref_7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S326","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2005-2633M","article-title":"Recommendations for effective newborn screening communication: Results of focus groups with parents, providers, and experts","volume":"117","author":"Davis","year":"2006","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"651","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jval.2016.11.007","article-title":"Eliciting preferences for information provision in newborn bloodspot screening programs","volume":"20","author":"Wright","year":"2017","journal-title":"Value Health"},{"key":"ref_9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"239","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1369-7625.2011.00710.x","article-title":"Parental views on informed consent for expanded newborn screening","volume":"16","author":"Moody","year":"2013","journal-title":"Health Expect."},{"key":"ref_10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"(2019). American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion No. 778: Newborn screening and the role of the obstetrician\u2013gynecologist. Obstet. Gynecol., 133, e357\u2013e361.","DOI":"10.1097\/AOG.0000000000003245"},{"key":"ref_11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2381468317746170","DOI":"10.1177\/2381468317746170","article-title":"Understanding midwives\u2019 preferences for providing information about newborn bloodspot screening","volume":"3","author":"Wright","year":"2018","journal-title":"MDM Policy Pract."},{"key":"ref_12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2005.05.075","article-title":"The newborn screening educational gap: What prenatal care providers do compared with what is expected","volume":"194","author":"Faulkner","year":"2006","journal-title":"Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol."},{"key":"ref_13","unstructured":"Van der Ploeg, C.P.B., van der Mast, O., Huizing, A., and Verkerk, P.H. (2024). The Newborn Bloodspot Screening in the Netherlands\u2014Monitor 2022, TNO. R10057."},{"key":"ref_14","unstructured":"National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (2024, November 16). Dutch Guidance on Newborn Bloodspot Screening, Available online: https:\/\/draaiboekhielprikscreening.rivm.nl\/."},{"key":"ref_15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"950","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2008-3148","article-title":"Informing parents about expanded newborn screening: Influences on provider involvement","volume":"124","author":"Hayeems","year":"2009","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Padilla, P.J.D., and Manalo, E.M. (2023). Newborn screening knowledge, attitudes and practices among obstetrics-gynecology residents, pediatric residents, and newborn screening nurses in a tertiary government hospital in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int. J. Neonatal Screen., 9.","DOI":"10.3390\/ijns9020019"},{"key":"ref_17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"658","DOI":"10.1002\/jgc4.1252","article-title":"Assessing the newborn screening education needs of families living in medically underserved areas","volume":"29","author":"Evans","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. Genet. Couns."},{"key":"ref_18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"543","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapediatrics.2015.4850","article-title":"Prenatal education of parents about newborn screening and residual dried blood spots: A Randomized Clinical Trial","volume":"170","author":"Botkin","year":"2016","journal-title":"JAMA Pediatr."},{"key":"ref_19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3310\/hta21550","article-title":"Provision of information about newborn screening antenatally: A sequential exploratory mixed-methods project","volume":"21","author":"Ulph","year":"2017","journal-title":"Health Technol. Assess."}],"container-title":["International Journal of Neonatal Screening"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2409-515X\/11\/1\/5\/pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,8]],"date-time":"2025-10-08T10:25:15Z","timestamp":1759919115000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2409-515X\/11\/1\/5"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]]},"references-count":19,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3]]}},"alternative-id":["ijns11010005"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijns11010005","relation":{},"ISSN":["2409-515X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2409-515X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,8]]}}}