These issues came up as barriers for the introduction of HbP-carrier screening.
Although one study examined potential barriers for the introduction of a diabetes passport using focus groups, participants in that study had never actually used the booklet [ 23].
Food neophobia is considered a potential barrier for the introduction of new food products.
This situation creates a barrier for the introduction of products which are specifically designed for the elderly which must not be associated with infirmity and dependence.
These analogs have lowered the barrier for insulin introduction in patients with type 2 diabetes and are recommended when OADs alone cannot maintain glucose control (10, 12, 13).
The climate is a barrier for the introduction of many vectors outside their normal range, such as Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in temperate zones (4, 5 ), but the threshold of change for L. longipalpis sand flies is minimal.
Before 2000, reflecting on the inheritance of the Second World War, reproductive genetic screening and the registration of ethnicity has been politically unacceptable in the Netherlands, causing a barrier for the introduction of HbP carrier screening.
A recent study showed ethnic registration to be a controversial issue in the Netherlands because of its relationship with the Second World War and lingering feelings of guilt in Dutch society, causing it to be a barrier for the introduction of HbP-carrier screening.
Nevertheless, the introduction of fast bio-analytical tools by various EU member countries and in the World is slow, mostly due to a variety of barriers (acceptance, psychological, competition) well-known to exist for introduction of novel technologies.
Their importance as building blocks in polymers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other industrial chemicals remains a barrier for reducing their introduction into ecosystems.
