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Interview 17

Mother who is a beta thalassaemia carrier, and her husband is not a carrier. They have been told in several pregnancies they need to repeat the test, which has caused anxiety. Video and audio clips played by an actor.

  • Background

    Community development worker, married to warehouse operative, with two children aged 5 and 1. Ethnic background/nationality: Pakistani.

  • Age at interview 29
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 22

    Discovered she was a beta thalassaemia carrier during her first pregnancy. Her husband was tested and is not a carrier. Their first daughter is a carrier. Video and audio clips read by an actor recorded in Urdu.

  • Background

    Housewife, married with two children aged 3 and 5 months. Ethnic background/nationality: Pakistani.

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Female