NDLI: The case for the genetic nurse in South Africa

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Author	Malherbe, Helen L. Christianson, Arnold L. Woods, David Aldous, Colleen
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	The care and prevention of congenital disorders (CDs) is an emerging but unprioritised health need in South Africa (SA). Inadequate empirical data and underreporting conceal the true burden of CDs while medical genetic services to confront the problem have regressed. Positive epidemiological transition in the country now demands these services are improved to significantly further reduce child mortality. Current sector capacity in SA is inadequate and required personnel targets will not be reached quickly enough to meet the growing health need even if relevant posts are designated. Historically, genetic-trained nurses played a defined role in primary healthcare (PHC) by recognising and diagnosing common CDs and counselling patients and their families, while referring complex matters to the limited tertiary medical genetic services available. Policy changes to redress past inequalities and other healthcare priorities resulted in genetic services being incorporated into PHC, with few genetic nurses retaining their genetic services role. While the medium- to long-term aim for SA would be to develop medical genetic services with appropriate capacity at all levels of healthcare, there is an urgent short-term need to provide basic medical genetic services in PHC. Central to achieving this is the upgrading and re-implementation of the previously successful Medical Genetics Education Programme (MGEP). This post-graduate distance learning, education programme is implemented with the Congenital Disorders Course Book, a distance education tool promoting independent, home-based learning. Together, these tools offer an approach to swiftly build up a nursing workforce with improved knowledge and skills in medical genetics.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	73
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1868310X
Journal	Journal of Community Genetics
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18686001
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2017-04-05
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Congenital disorders Genetic nurses South Africa Medical genetics education programme Education and training Human Genetics Public Health Epidemiology Gene Therapy Gene Function
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Genetics (clinical)

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