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Prenatal Genetic Screening:
It’s Your Choice

Fraser, Interior, Island, and Vancouver Coastal Health

• English (NEW June 2025)
• Arabic (version 2019)
  
• French (version 2019)
  
• Korean (version 2019)
  
• Persian (version 2019)
  
• Punjabi (version 2019)
  
• Simplified Chinese (Singapore, Mainland China) (version 2023)
  
• Traditional Chinese (Southern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) (version 2019)
  
• Vietnamese (version 2019)

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A Screen Positive Result:

What does it mean and what do I do now?

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• Arabic 
  
• French
  
• Korean 
  
• Persian 
  
• Punjabi
  
• Simplified Chinese (Singapore, Mainland China) 
  
• Traditional Chinese (Southern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) 
  
• Vietnamese
  

Websites

• Baby's Best Chance: Parents' Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care
  
• Down Syndrome Resource Foundation
  
• Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society 
• Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of BC
• BC Women's Pregnancy and Prenatal Care (BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre)
  
• Canadian Down Syndrome Society
  
• Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (Public Health Agency of Canada)
  
• Genetics Home Reference (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  
• ​Antenatal Results and Choices: support and information for expectant and bereaved parents throughout and after the prenatal screening and testing processes.
  
• SOFT (Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders)