Health beliefs statements	Group	Scores					Fisher's exact test
			1	2	3	4	5
1	Sickle Cell Disease is a serious disease	Primary group (%)	11.7	2.4	3.4	8.8	73.2	20.7, P<0.001
		Secondary group (%)	7.2	6.6	3.9	22.7	59.7
2	Having a child with sickle cell disease would be very scary	Primary group (%)	14.1	2.9	8.8	15.6	57.1	17.7, P=0.001
		Secondary group (%)	8.3	8.8	4.4	26.5	50.8
3	My life would change if my child had sickle cell disease	Primary group (%)	29.8	12.7	9.3	13.2	31.7	4.7, P=0.326
		Secondary group (%)	26.5	17.1	6.6	19.3	30.4
4	My children are at risk for sickle cell disease	Primary group (%)	60	6.8	9.8	5.8	15.6	15.5, P=0.004
	Before I had my first child with SCD, I believed that my children were at risk for SCD	Secondary group (%)	58.6	17.1	3.9	8.3	11.6
5	Sickle cell disease could happen in my family.	Primary group (%)	67.3	8.8	7.8	6.8	7.8	7.4, P=0.116
	Before I had my first child with SCD, I believed SCD could happen in my family	Secondary group (%)	58.0	16.0	6.1	9.4	10.5
6	My spouse may be a carrier of sickle cell trait.	Primary group (%)	61.0	13.2	9.8	3.9	10.7	5.8, P=0.211
	Before I had my first child with SCD, I believed that my spouse may be a carrier of sickle cell trait.	Secondary group (%)	54.7	14.7	7.2	8.8	13.3
7	It is useful to know if I have sickle cell trait	Primary group (%)	19.5	4.9	7.3	16.6	50.7	13.9, P=0.007
		Secondary group (%)	11.0	6.1	1.7	21.0	59.7
8	It is useful to know if my spouse has sickle cell trait	Primary group (%)	16.1	5.4	7.3	22.9	47.3	13.9, P=0.007
		Secondary group (%)	6.6	3.9	5.0	20.4	64.1
9	Knowing the risk of having a child with sickle cell disease would change how I plan a pregnancy	Primary group (%)	18.0	16.1	7.8	17.6	39.5	22.5, P<0.001
		Secondary group (%)	11.0	5.5	3.9	23.2	55.8
10	Testing for sickle cell hemoglobin is painful and difficult	Primary group (%)	48.3	12.2	16.1	6.3	16.1	19.0, P=0.001
		Secondary group (%)	51.4	11.6	3.9	9.9	23.2
11	My spouse would be hard to convince to have testing	Primary group (%)	57.1	9.8	6.3	8.3	17.1	6.3, P=0.175
		Secondary group (%)	45.3	14.4	9.4	9.9	20.4
12	Screening a child for sickle cell disease would be expensive	Primary group (%)	46.8	15.1	19.0	6.3	11.2	15.0, P=0.004
		Secondary group (%)	55.2	12.2	7.2	9.4	16.0