Calling for Sickle Cell Trait research.

recognizes the ongoing challenges in addressing health outcomes among people with Sickle Cell Trait and Sickle Cell Disease;

encourages the medical community, in coordination with the State and Federal Government, to work to ensure that all individuals are made aware of their SCT status by developing a common strategy for dissemination of screening results, education, and counseling to parents and families in collaboration with all 50 States' newborn screening programs;

calls on the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with experts, to develop a public awareness campaign regarding the importance of knowing one’s Sickle Cell Trait status for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States;

calls on the United States Department of Health and Human Services to expand access for screening and appropriate counseling for carriers of Sickle Cell Trait; and

commits to ensuring support for research that expands our understanding of the health outcomes and other implications of Sickle Cell Trait and the health outcomes associated with Sickle Cell Disease.