naa a22 4500 510739083 CHVBK 20180411083021.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12015-013-9463-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12015-013-9463-2 Establishing a Public Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank for South Africa: An Enquiry into Public Acceptability [Elektronische Daten] [Madelein Meissner-Roloff, Michael Pepper] South Africa (SA) faces a large unmet need for bone marrow (BM) transplantation, which could be alleviated in part by establishing a public umbilical cord blood stem cell bank (UCB SCB). Umbilical cord blood is an increasingly utilised source of hematopoietic stem cells for BM transplantation in addition to BM or mobilized peripheral blood stem cells. Establishing a public UCB SCB would therefore be a positive step towards improving the quality of health care in SA by providing for an important unmet need. This study takes the form of an enquiry into the acceptability of establishing a public bank through an interview with and questionnaire completed by mothers-to-be in the antenatal clinic of a large public hospital in SA. Initial results are positive, with 85% of the participants in favour of establishing a public UCB SCB in SA. This initial probe will serve as a model for a more comprehensive national enquiry into public support and acceptability in different clinics, hospitals and provinces in SA. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Cord blood banking nationallicence Stem cells nationallicence Public acceptability nationallicence Religious concerns nationallicence Cultural concerns nationallicence Informed consent nationallicence Language barrier nationallicence Meissner-Roloff Madelein Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 2034, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa aut Pepper Michael Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 2034, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa aut Stem Cell Reviews and Reports Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/6(2013-12-01), 752-763 1550-8943 9:6<752 2013 9 12015 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-013-9463-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-013-9463-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meissner-Roloff Madelein Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 2034, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pepper Michael Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 2034, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Stem Cell Reviews and Reports Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/6(2013-12-01), 752-763 1550-8943 9:6<752 2013 9 12015 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer