Blake Vuocolo, Roberta Sierra, Dan Brooks, Christopher Holder, Lauren Urbanski, Keila Rodriguez, Jose David Gamez, Surya Narayan Mulukutla, Lori Berry, Ana Hernandez, Alberto Allegre, Humberto Hidalgo, Sarah Rodriguez, Sandy Magallan, Jeremy Gibson, Juan Carlos Bernini, Melanie Watson, Robert Nelson, Lizbeth Mellin-Sanchez, Hongzheng Dai, Claudia Soler-Alfonso, Kent Carter, Brendan Lee, Seema R Lalani
Background The utilization of genomic information to improve health outcomes is progressively becoming more common in clinical practice. Nonetheless, disparities persist in accessing genetic services among ethnic minorities, individuals with low socioeconomic status, and other vulnerable populations. The Rio Grande Valley at the Texas-Mexico border is predominantly Hispanic with a high poverty rate and an increased prevalence of birth defects, with very limited access to genetics services. The cost of a diagnosis is often times out of reach for these underserved families...
December 13, 2023: Research Square