Is negative parental attitude towards infant hearing screening justifiable?
• Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Reseach Fellow • Linda M. Luxon, Sheila L. Wirz Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust Dear Editor, Marteau et al took exception to the following phrase in our paper: “Our model differs from the three-dimensional typology proposed by Marteau et al, which incorporated uptake as a measure of informed choice [ref]. In our view, uptake represents a consequence rather than the goal of informed choice and was therefore excluded as a measure [ref].” and went on to raise the following issues which we wish to address in this reply: 1. That we drew upon their conceptualization and measure of informed choice in a way that misrepresented their definition and measure of informed choice. 2. That the definition and the measure of informed choice must include a measure of uptake or “behaviour”. 3. That the goal of informed choice is not for everyone to have positive attitudes towards undergoing the procedure, but rather that people act
