Attitudes of new mothers towards genetics and newborn screening.

Objective: To evaluate new mothers' opinions of genetics and newborn screening.

Setting: An Australian tertiary referral hospital.

Population: 232 women who delivered a liveborn infant and had received written and verbal information on newborn screening from midwifery staff during their antenatal care.

Factors affecting mothers' knowledge of genetic screening.

Objective: To evaluate mothers' knowledge of terms used in genetic counselling and their participation in Down syndrome and newborn screening.

Setting: An obstetric tertiary referral hospital in Australia.

Population: A total of 232 consecutive women delivering a liveborn baby.