2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
4/14/2014 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | The Family Experience of Genetic Testing | Grand Ballroom 8 | 7
The Family Experience of Genetic Testing
Genetic testing is increasingly being recognized as both a family and an individual experience. There is growing recognition among clinicians and researchers that families influence and are influenced by how individual family members make sense of, respond to, and use the information they receive during the genetic testing experience. The decision whether to undergo genetic testing can be a litmus test, by which family members perceive and judge each others' loyalty to the family—to its beliefs, values, and rules. To date, few researchers have used a family perspective to examine how families respond to genetic testing. Researchers interested in the genetic testing experience have typically used an individual perspective to examine topics such as attitudes and knowledge about genetic testing, rates of genetic test acceptance, psychological and behavioral consequences of genetic testing, and the disclosure of genetic information to others. Most of the published studies on genetics and the family are epidemiologic studies that focus on molecular biology and the collection of biologic data; they typically do not focus on the family as a social unit that influences and is influenced by the genetic testing experience. In addition, they seldom focus on the complex ethical and social issues that individuals and families encounter during the genetic testing experience.
The purpose of this presentation is to explore the family experience of genetic testing. Family stories and experiences will be presented to illustrate how families define and manage the ethical and social issues that emerge during genetic testing.
We anticipate that this information will be helpful to states wishing to revise or pursue implementing genetic testing within their EHDI systems.
- The purpose of this presentation is to explore the family experience of genetic testing. Family stories and experiences will be presented to illustrate how families define and manage the ethical and social issues that emerge during genetic testing.
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Presenters/Authors
Molly Martzke
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, mpmartzke@yahoo.com;
Molly lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin with her husband Paul and three children, 2 sons and a daughter. Her oldest son and youngest daughter are deaf.
Molly is the Conference Coordinator for Hands & Voices HQ and responsible for all planning and logistics for the H&V Leadership Conference. She currently shares her dedication to parent support by serving on the NCHAM Parent Advisory Committee and as a Consumer Task Force Member for Genetic Alliance. She has served as Co-Chair of the Center for Disease Control's Parent-to-Parent Committee, developing parent materials for national use. She has presented at national, state and local conferences.
She is passionate for parent-to-parent support, newborn hearing screening, and comprehensive information dissemination.
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Stephanie Olson
(Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, Headquarters, stephanie@handsandvoices.org;
Stephanie Olson currently works as the Co-Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion with Hands & Voices Headquarters and is the Family Consultant at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She previously worked for the Colorado Home Intervention Program as a family facilitator. During 2009, she was part of a team from Children’s Hospital Colorado that traveled to London, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand and presented on best practices in supporting families. Stephanie has presented at the International Family-Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) Austria, in 2012, 2014,2016, and 2018. She participated in the U.S. and Russian cultural exchange in 2015 and 2016 with Hands & Voices to increase the understanding and impact of Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in the parenting journey and professionals who work with those families.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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