Educating parents about the newborn screening (NBS) process is critical in ensuring that families are aware of their child’s NBS, which could contribute to better outcomes for the baby and experiences for the family. Successful education efforts result in expecting parents understanding the importance of NBS, feeling comfortable with the NBS process, and being aware of their choices after NBS is complete. Educating parents prenatally is challenging for many NBS programs for a variety of reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic added additional barriers to NBS programs’ ability to educate parents prenatally about NBS. By initiating a department-wide partnership among other programs with a similar target audience, Michigan’s NBS Program was able to host a virtual baby fair. Since the inaugural event, Michigan’s NBS Program has hosted seven virtual fairs with 15 participating programs. A total of 692 participants registered for the baby fair and received a resource packet, over 157 participants joined one of the live presentations, and 211 have viewed the YouTube videos of recorded fairs. Virtual baby fairs are a cost-effective and convenient approach to education that could be implemented in any NBS program to educate parents prenatally about NBS.
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