An evaluation of comprehensiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a fertility awareness educational tool.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank have identified infertility as a global public health issue. Since the 1980s, WHO has advocated for a focus on prevention, especially where the burden of prevalence is highest, specifically in women from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The aim of the two studies presented here is to demonstrate a process to enhance implementation efforts in fertility awareness programmes that could assist in preventing some forms of infertility, and increase understanding of factors that could result in fertility problems. The fertility status awareness tool (FertiSTAT) for the Middle East was adapted to provide an illustrative example of requirements for region- or country-specific adaptation. The mixed methods approach used included a survey of

SUBMITTER: Bayoumi RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123060 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature