title: Advocacy and compliance factors in a voluntary selective screening program.
abstract: To evaluate factors responsible for compliance with a voluntary selective screening program, we surveyed 495 participants and 212 nonparticipants in a screening program for Tay-Sachs disease. Knowledge about the program and motivation are the most important factors in compliance. The primary incentive for participation was to avoid having abnormal children in future generations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews; D008064:Lipidoses / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010349:Patient Compliance