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Attachment C. Sources of Patient Education

Materials

A Brighter Heritage (Video, 17 min)

Chronic Illness in the Classroom (Video, 15 min)

Mississippi State Department of Health

Genetics Division

P.O. Box 1700

Jackson, MS 39215

Phone: 601-960-7619

The Infant and Young Child with Sickle Cell Anemia

(a guide for parents, in English and Spanish)

Pneumococcal Infection and Penicillin

So Your Baby Has the Sickle Cell Trait (Spanish and English)

Also available: brochures on sickle cell trait, sickle beta-thalassemia, hemoglobin C disease, pain in children, and various complications

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Sickle Cell Anemia, (Medicine for the Public) (NIH Pub. No. 90-3058)

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Sickle Cell: A Selected Resource Bibliography (Cat. No. D002)
So I Have the Sickle Cell Trait (Cat. No. B050)

National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse

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A Parent's Handbook for Sickle Cell Disease (Birth to age 6)

Education Programs Associates

1 West Campbell Ave, Building D

Campbell, CA 95008 Phone: 408-374-1210

The Family Connection-Sickle Cell Trait (English, French, Spanish)
The Family Connection-Hemoglobin C Trait (English, French, Spanish)
Newborn Screening for Your Baby's Health (English, Spanish)
Directory of Available Sickle Cell Services in New York State

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Sickle Cell Trait-Sickle Cell Anemia: There is Quite a Difference

California State Department of Health

Childrens Medical Services Branch

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Help (resource book listing sources of care for patients with sickle cell disease in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)

Sickle Cell Disease—how to help your child to take it in stride

A Parent/Teacher Guide

Viewpoints

Also available: Brochures on recent advances, newsletter on chapter activities, fact sheets, and brochures on sickle cell trait, anemia, and other topics, home study kit, games, and a video on parenting.

National Association for Sickle Cell Disease

3345 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1106

Los Angeles, CA 90010-1880

Thalassemia Information Sheet

Phone: 800-421-8453

Sickle Cell Anemia Public Health Information Sheet

March of Dimes

Birth Defects Foundation

1275 Mamaroneck Avenue

White Plains, NY 10605

Brochure for Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease

Howard University

Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

2121 Georgia Ave

Washington DC 20059

Phone: 202-806-7930

Note: The above listings are not all inclusive. Additional material may be available from your own State or local health department, sickle cell agency, or community

agency.

Index

A

Acronyms, 67

Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS), 43
Acute splenic sequestration crisis
description of, 43, 69
prevalence of, 43, 44
recognition of, 9
African-Americans

prevalence of hemoglobinopathies in,
15, 16

prevalence of sickle cell disease in, 1,
8, 14, 16, 17
screening of, 50-51

sickle cell trait in, 4, 15
Algorithm, 82

American Academy of Family
Physicians, 45

American Academy of Pediatrics, 45
Anemia, 32, 43, 69, 86
Aplastic crisis, 43

Asians, 14-16

Asplenia, 9

B

Benzathine penicillin, 40-41. See also
Penicillin

Beta-thalassemia trait, 69. See also

Sickle beta-thalassemia disorders
Blood samples

collection methods for, 23-24
comparison of methods of, 32, 33
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health,
8,9

C

Caucasians

false positive tests in, 30-31
prevalence of hemoglobinopathies in,
15, 16

prevalence of sickle cell disease in,
14, 16-17, 30

prevalence of sickle cell trait in, 15
Cellulose acetate electrophoresis. See
also Electrophoresis

as acceptable method, 35
description of, 21, 22

detection of Hb A by, 22

results of repeated testing using,
28-29

sensitivity in studies using, 26-27
specificity in studies using, 30
Centers for Disease Control, 34
Citrate agar electrophoresis. See also
Electrophoresis

as acceptable method, 35
for confirmation testing, 33
description of, 22-23

detection of Hb A by, 25

results of repeated testing using,
28-29

sensitivity in studies using, 26-27
specificity in studies using, 30
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
(CLIA 88), 34

Compound heterozygote, 69

Consensus Development Conference on
Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell
Disease (1987), 37

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Education. See also Counseling

as element of medical management,
38, 39

instructional techniques for, 48
literature used for, 48
objectives of, 47-48

parent participation in, 4, 46

pre- and post-testing during, 48-49
to recognize complications, 3-4,
42-44, 85

regarding sickle cell trait, 8, 47, 49,
50, 52, 84

sources of materials for, 90-92
training and requirements for
providers of, 52-55

Electrophoresis. See also Cellulose

acetate electrophoresis; Citrate agar
electrophoresis

as acceptable method, 35, 84
benefits of, 2

description of, 21, 22

liquid blood samples for, 23
Erythromycin ethyl succinate, 42

F

Fever, 42, 44-45, 85

Filter paper samples, 23-24, 84
Folic acid, 46

FS patterns

definitive diagnosis and, 38
interpretation of, 25

reporting of, 31, 32

FSA patterns

interpretation of, 25

reporting of, 31, 32

FSC patterns, 31, 32

Genotype, 69

H

Haemophilus influenzae
antibiotic coverage for, 42
immunizations for, 45

predisposition of infant for, 8
Hand-foot syndrome, 44, 69, 86
Hemoglobin

explanation of, 69
unstable, 70
Hemoglobin A

detection of, 25
explanation of, 7

in individuals with sickle cell trait, 2,
8, 21, 31

Hemoglobin A2, 3, 33, 38
Hemoglobin AA, 69

Hemoglobin AC, 69. See also

Hemoglobin C trait

Hemoglobin AS. See Sickle cell trait

Hemoglobin C disease, 21

Hemoglobin C trait, 21, 69

Hemoglobin D, 69

Hemoglobin E, 69

Hemoglobin E disease, 21

Hemoglobin E trait, 21
Hemoglobin F

explanation of, 21, 39, 69
in parents, 33, 38
Hemoglobin G, 69
Hemoglobin O, 69
Hemoglobin S

explanation of, 7

in individuals with sickle cell trait, 8,
21, 31

prevalence of, 11

production of, 1

screening for, 11, 21, 23, 50-51. See
also Laboratory screening; Neonatal
screening

Hemoglobin S B-thalassemia disorders.
See Sickle-beta thalassemia

disorders

Hemoglobin S-D Punjab, 21
Hemoglobin S/HPFH, 25, 27

G

Hemoglobin S/Lepore, 21

Genetic counseling. See Counseling

Hemoglobin S/O Arab 7, 21

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