caa a22 4500 605544689 CHVBK 20210128100932.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10897-014-9777-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10897-014-9777-5 Perceptions and Attitudes About Genetic Counseling Among Residents of a Midwestern Rural Area [Elektronische Daten] [Rachel Riesgraf, Patricia Veach, Ian MacFarlane, Bonnie LeRoy] Relatively few investigations of the public's perceptions and attitudes about genetic counseling exist, and most are limited to individuals at-risk for a specific disease. In this study 203 individuals from a Midwest rural area completed an anonymous survey assessing their familiarity with genetic counseling; perceptions of genetic counseling purpose, scope, and practice; attitudes toward genetic counseling/counselors; and willingness to use genetic counseling services. Although very few respondents were familiar with genetic counseling, most reported accurate perceptions and positive attitudes; mean ratings, however, showed less endorsement of trust in information provided by genetic counselors and less agreement that genetic counseling aligns with their values. Logistic regression indicated reported willingness to use genetic counseling services increased if respondents: had completed some college; rated their familiarity with genetic counseling as high; agreed with the statements: genetic counseling may be useful to someone with cancer in their family, genetic counseling is in line with my values, and genetic counselors advise women to get abortions when there is a problem; and disagreed with the statements: genetic counseling is only useful to a small group of people with rare diseases, and genetic counselors must receive a lot of special training. Additional findings, practice implications, and research recommendations are presented. National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., 2014 Rural population nationallicence Genetic counseling nationallicence Familiarity nationallicence Perceptions nationallicence Attitudes nationallicence Willingness to use genetic counseling services nationallicence Riesgraf Rachel HealthEast Care System, Maplewood, MN, USA aut Veach Patricia Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Building, 56 E. River Road, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut MacFarlane Ian Department of Psychology, Austin College, Sherman, TX, USA aut LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2015-08-01), 565-579 1059-7700 24:4<565 2015 24 10897 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9777-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9777-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Riesgraf Rachel HealthEast Care System, Maplewood, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Veach Patricia Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Building, 56 E. River Road, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MacFarlane Ian Department of Psychology, Austin College, Sherman, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/4(2015-08-01), 565-579 1059-7700 24:4<565 2015 24 10897